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5/15/08 7:50 AM |
Ask Rob Roy Agreed with Cherryce. It was one of the most informative 2 day seminar that I have attended. I really appreciate the knowledge that you have shared with us regarding your short term trading style and your method of refining the elliot wave searches.T... |
| General Electric Co. (GE) |
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5/15/08 7:24 AM |
Ask Melvin Mills General Electric Co. (GE) is reportedly planning to end its century-long involvement in the appliance business in an effort to boost profits by separating itself from a division suffering from the prolonged U.S. housing slump. |
| CBS Corp. |
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5/15/08 7:22 AM |
Ask Melvin Mills CBS Corp. (CBS) said Thursday it inked a deal to buy CNet Networks Inc. for $11.50 a share in cash. The deal values the operator of CNET (CNET), ZDNet, GameSpot.com, TV.com, mp3.com, CNET news.com and other Web sites at about $1.8 billion. "The acqui... |
| Broker action |
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5/15/08 7:21 AM |
Ask Melvin Mills Broker actionPalm Inc. (PALM) was downgraded to sell from neutral at UBS, with the broker saying a late June launch of the 3G iPhone from Apple (AAPL) and a July launch of the 3G BlackBerry from Research in Motion (RIMM) will impact sentiment. Palm's... |
| credit spread |
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5/15/08 6:16 AM |
Ask Scott Kramer Why not simply do a debit spread. That way you don't care if you get assigned. Matter of fact, if your short leg is more than 5 cents in the money at expiration, you don't have to do anything and over the weekend your account will realize the maxim... |
| Best month in years |
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5/15/08 6:05 AM |
This and That "best month", in this case, was a return of nearly 40% on money committed to trades (not total account value),but money tied up into trades. theoretically, that is money placed at risk. I don't know how much luck had to do with it, or what, maybe I a... |
| Stock moving sideways after gap down |
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5/15/08 5:39 AM |
Technical Analysis Mr Magoo ..... what you have outlined below is pure XAU !
This is the kind of "stuff" that needs to be shared so that profitable trades are more frequent .. thankyou for your insight.
jawjzs@gmail.com |
| This Day in Wall Street History |
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5/15/08 5:30 AM |
Ask Melvin Mills This Day in Wall Street History1884: Trustbusters aim for White HouseDuring the late nineteenth century, some of America's corporate leaders, including Andrew Carnegie, went on a rampage, gobbling up the competition-and the vast majority of profits-i... |
| Find new broker for beginner |
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5/15/08 4:30 AM |
Broker Talk When I went to one of their OptionPlanet seminars they (thinkorswim) explained their policy. They consider you to be a responsible adult and if you have an open funded account you can trade anything you have the margin to support. Generally this woul... |
| credit spread |
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5/15/08 2:51 AM |
Ask Scott Kramer Important words to live by. |
| HERE IS YOUR CHANCE |
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5/15/08 2:50 AM |
Ask Scott Kramer 1. Rap Song This Year? Hmmm? That is an idea but I am afraid of being sued by Tom Gentile who has a copyright on all oasis rap songs. 2. I plan on talking a tad about ways of avoiding pitfalls of most traders and what successful ones do. 3. I am plan... |
| 200,000 and counting |
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5/15/08 2:45 AM |
Ask Scott Kramer Unfortunately I measure myself by heights.Looking forward to meeting all of you at Oasis. |
| thanks! |
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5/15/08 2:23 AM |
Ask Rob Roy Hey Rob,It's Cherryce (Gold Coast girl) I met you today and yesterday at the seminar you've just done in Sydney and I just really wanted to say THANK YOU so much for all your amazing teaching and information! You were awesome!! I loved all of your ... |
| Calls |
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5/15/08 1:00 AM |
Ask Mike Lawch Hello Mike,
Gerrge says that a stop is built into a spread. DVD 1. Can you explain ,please.
Michael. |
| options vs spreads |
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5/15/08 12:21 AM |
Ask Peter Zomaya Thank you |
| 200,000 and counting |
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5/14/08 9:23 PM |
Ask Scott Kramer Danny,The 200,000th view was over a month ago. By viewing this graphic, you can relive all of the excitement and pagentry of staying up all night to watch the odometer roll over. Good luck at getting some coaching time with Scot. It would be a gre... |
| Signature Series on IC |
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5/14/08 9:15 PM |
Ask Mike Wade Hi Mike,couldn't have picked a better topic, your latest one on dissecting butterflies is great, just the sort of thing I'm interested in tradingJ |
| traders to b of kiss |
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5/14/08 8:30 PM |
Central Florida Traders I would like to organize or may be someone else would like to form a traders group to meet possibly once or twice a month at a off choice or at a place were all those interested could meet, sit, and discuss positions and help out those who are new to... |
| Bearish OIH flies |
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5/14/08 8:20 PM |
Butterflies Well ... what does it matter if this was most recent best month? |
| Best month in years |
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5/14/08 7:57 PM |
This and That WBP, The market may move sideways to bearish if it continues the short trend we're in, but the next few days might help us get a better picture.What does it mean "best month" to you? Are you always closing your positions in the expiration week? |
| HERE IS YOUR CHANCE |
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5/14/08 7:38 PM |
Ask Scott Kramer Scott, Just tell us how your disciple started with about 2,000 and reached over 100,000 in less than two years. |
| 200,000 and counting |
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5/14/08 7:34 PM |
Ask Scott Kramer Scott, Congratulations! I hope Richard rewarded your achievement with an exotic vacation. As far as I know he knows how to give the credit to the ones who make this company work. Is it going to be Cancun? Anyway, once you get back from vacation and g... |
| Find new broker for beginner |
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5/14/08 7:33 PM |
Broker Talk BendahukeyI am new to options trading since attending my first Optionetics seminar in November. Have been trading stocks with Scottrade for about 3 years. After starting my option trading education with Optionetics it didn't take long to see that opt... |
| Best month in years |
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5/14/08 7:10 PM |
This and That Hi wbpDoes the fact that this is your best month in years hint that delta neutral trading would actually serve you better? |
| Signature session on Dissecting Flys |
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5/14/08 6:56 PM |
Ask Mike Wade Mike,Have you posted the key for the trades discussed in this session |
| Tax Witholding for Canadians |
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5/14/08 6:23 PM |
Broker Talk OK folks thanks for all your replies, this has helped. I am going to explore TOS now before I do anything else.Dan |
| Best month in years |
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5/14/08 6:12 PM |
This and That Hi Druso; My view is not a "rational" or quantifiable thing, as much as a sense that the market has expended most of it's potential upside momentum getting to where it is and it either needs a new catalyst for further upside or is likely to stall out... |
| Tax Witholding for Canadians |
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5/14/08 5:48 PM |
Broker Talk TOS is the general abbreviation for thinkorswim, which is the name of the brokerage. Their commission structure is somewhat better than OX, and it is somewhat negotiable depending on your trading practices and volume. Even more important for me... |
| Find new broker for beginner |
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5/14/08 5:01 PM |
Broker Talk I just open account with trade king but they will not allow me to trade spreads, butterfly, calender options. The only option they allow me to trade are long call or puts. After talking with them on the phone they say that I need 3 years of exp in op... |
| credit spread |
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5/14/08 4:39 PM |
Ask Scott Kramer Here follows an expiration reminder from my broker via email:===May expiration is Friday the 16th. The last trading day for many cash-settled index options such as DJX, SPX, NDX and MNX options is Thursday, May 15th, with settlement prices determined... |
| Evaluate this debit spread for Newbie. |
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5/14/08 3:49 PM |
Option Trading for Beginners Thanks for your insight |
| Best month in years |
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5/14/08 2:32 PM |
This and That Hi wb. I have the same feeling about the market, but I lack arguments to support this view,except maybe the relatively low value of VIX...Could you explain what are the reasons behind your slightly negative view of the market?rgsdDruso |
| Broken Wing, Modified and % to Double OTM Butterfly Help online |
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5/14/08 2:26 PM |
Optionetics Platinum Broken Wing, Modified and % to Double OTM Butterfly Help is online.Click the Help ?? link at the upper right of each search tool.These tools are only in Platinum Pro. |
| options vs spreads |
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5/14/08 1:25 PM |
Ask Peter Zomaya Hi Rand,Trading spreads shorter term will yield you profits much more quickly than than longer term spreads.Best regards,Peter |
| Evaluate this debit spread for Newbie. |
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5/14/08 1:18 PM |
Option Trading for Beginners Whatever you want it to be or comfortable with but remember that the probability of success of a trade is approximately the inverse of the reward to risk ratio. For example the probability of success of a trade with a 3/1 reward to risk ratio is abo... |
| Bearish OIH flies |
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5/14/08 1:05 PM |
Butterflies Within minutes of dumping these and taking a small loss, the OIH broke alomost 5 points. ARGHGHGGH!!!! Such is the life of a trader! |
| Evaluate this debit spread for Newbie. |
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5/14/08 12:34 PM |
Option Trading for Beginners Thanks for your input. What is a good rr ratio? 2/1? |
| Evaluate this debit spread for Newbie. |
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5/14/08 11:49 AM |
Option Trading for Beginners Hi Mike,No one in my opinion can evaluate this trade since you did not mention where you expect AME to go to by when...your prognosis. Also why/how you selected AME.Here follows some general comments:Sept expire is 128 days away and that is a lot of... |
| hong kong ict seminar in July |
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5/14/08 11:45 AM |
Ask Joe Contes Yes - I am scheduled for the 2-Day Seminar in Hong Kong July 27-28. Looking forward to seeing you again.Joe |
| option article |
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5/14/08 11:43 AM |
Ask Chris Tyler Hi Noah--it's supposed to be. Apparently some snafu with the backend put a few articles into the MIA category temporarily. Chris |
| Any Trader Groups Looking for a Member? |
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5/14/08 11:42 AM |
Seattle Traders I have noticed several posts of equity traders wanting to form a group on the Eastside of the greater Seattle area. Has this group been formed. I am interested. |
| How the mighty have fallen |
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5/14/08 11:40 AM |
Stock Talk I had my first experience of options with Google a few years ago. Initially made 300% in a week, but lost is all soon afterwards with a big drop. Valuable lesson! |
| hong kong ict seminar in July |
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5/14/08 11:35 AM |
Ask Joe Contes Joe
Are conducting the seminar in July?
The April 2 day seminar with Gustov (hope I remember the spelling) was great. Thanks.
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| option article |
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5/14/08 11:25 AM |
Ask Chris Tyler Hi Chris,I saw an article this morning about SOL that has since disappeared, is it going to be posted again?Noah |
| Evaluate this debit spread for Newbie. |
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5/14/08 11:11 AM |
Option Trading for Beginners Sorry - what I was referring to is that there is a total open interest of 10 contracts on your short side. Thats not a great thing for slippage or getting out of your trade when the time comesHave you been to an optionetics 2 day course? - You will l... |
| YHOO and CCU news video |
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5/14/08 11:10 AM |
Stock Talk There's a great news video up on www.optionsnews.com that talks a lot about the Carl Icahn proxy fight and how it would affect the various options, as well as discussing Clear Channel's buy-out news and how it will affect the stock. It's the video un... |
| Evaluate this debit spread for Newbie. |
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5/14/08 10:53 AM |
Option Trading for Beginners What does that mean? I am looking for someone to critique this trade |
| Bearish OIH flies |
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5/14/08 10:37 AM |
Butterflies I dumped these for a small loss when the OIH was down this morning. I want to be in a bearish position on the OIH, but I need more than two and half days for this to work. Will look for something in June/July.The market is very placid in the last wee... |
| FROs |
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5/14/08 9:49 AM |
Ask Clare White How do Fixed return options work ?If I buy a call at 50 and the value atexpire is 51.01 do I get the maximun of$ 100 ? |
| Spammer sighting |
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5/14/08 9:40 AM |
Suggestions Call it a kooky hunch, but I think we might have another spammer here:www.optionetics.com/forums/topic.asp?fid=114&id=55311-Andrew |
