Hello everyone. Im new to the forum and also new to options trading. I currently use a paper trade software called investediQ. I am soon going to open up a real trading account with TD Ameritrade.
My question is about pre market or post market moves. Lets say Googles stock closes on Monday at $700 per share and on Tuesday it is implied to open at $725 per share. In my paper trade software I can place a limit order and do a call option before the market opens, then when the market opens it will go through and appreciate quickly giving me a high return on my money almost instantly. I have made thousands of dollars doing this with simple calls and puts. Once made 3,000 dollars on a Call in AMZN in one day. So my question is has anyone ever done this in a REAL trading account? Im just trying to make sure Its not some glitch in my software. I know that doing limit orders they might not go through sometimes but enough have gone through to make me some money in my paper trade account.
My question is about pre market or post market moves. Lets say Googles stock closes on Monday at $700 per share and on Tuesday it is implied to open at $725 per share. In my paper trade software I can place a limit order and do a call option before the market opens, then when the market opens it will go through and appreciate quickly giving me a high return on my money almost instantly. I have made thousands of dollars doing this with simple calls and puts. Once made 3,000 dollars on a Call in AMZN in one day. So my question is has anyone ever done this in a REAL trading account? Im just trying to make sure Its not some glitch in my software. I know that doing limit orders they might not go through sometimes but enough have gone through to make me some money in my paper trade account.
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