How do I know he is the one that can make 14% a year for me?Try the Zoo;
Observe both the animals, and humans,
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How do I know he is the one that can make 14% a year for me?
I am dumb and slow but I am not lazy. I worked very hard to become a full time trader.Jesus, you're one of those dim-witted/lazy people who want everything handed to you on a literal piece of paper or clay tablet like Moses.
Work in fast food or be an accountant, if you're an expert in black and white...but have no apparent grey mind of your own.
Tomaz, do u have a site for that QQQ collar study?Collar is not meant to be neutral strategy. And you never close any leg before the other. You let them expire any way they do and write both options again. That is if I remember correctly. The point of the collar is to be long underlaying, buy a protective put and finance it with the sell of the call. Or at least partly finance it. This way you give up some of the upside (depends on the strike of course), but gain protection. This is why results in the long sustainer upmoves were bad with collars, but where you gain most is during down years, where undelaying was like 40 % down and you had positive returns.. Then those years smooth each other out and you get returns with less volatility. I think protective collar during this long bull market now is a wise idea. Specially for those that do not want to sell undelaying due to tax or other reasons.. But since there is no free lunch I guess this strategy also must have some other risk I do not see yet![]()
Tomaz, do u have a site for that QQQ collar study?

I found this post looking for something else. Are you guys not referring to COSTLESS collars? As opposed to collars for the sake lowering delta of an outright position on the underlying? Ref http://www.theoptionsguide.com/costless-collar.aspx

Costless collars are no big deal to find but finding a costless collar that has no risk is a thing to behold.
So here's what the OptionsGuide" proposes: Buy a $50 stock that has a $60 call LEAP trading for $5 and buy a same expiration $50 for that $5. Voila! Can't lose position! Imagine that, a $10 potential profit with ZERO loss.If such a thing existed, everyone in the world would do all they could eat. Sell a kidney! Mortgage the farm.
Be aware that a long stock vertical is equivalent to a bullish vertical spread. Since I'm kinda lazy, I'll take a gazillion no risk $10 potential profit verticals and retire before I ever go to work !!!
PS Aint gonna happen
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spindr, in your optionguide example, is that right? Shouldnt there be a sale in there? Thanks.