Watching for a possible loooooooong-term trade. December 2017 Corn: current price 381 Ratio Spread: Buy Dec330C and Sell Dec560Cx2 (61-10(5x2)=51)($2,550) ***Prices on chart do not correspond to Dec 2017 contract.

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NOT "Zeebs" style but............... Watching silver: SLV (17.97)ratio spread>> Buy Jan16C and sell Jan23Cx2 (2.43-.46(.23x2)=1.97)(intrinsic value=1.97)

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After they get enough traders to download & start using it for free, then they'll start charging a fee.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

1-Install in Scripts folder 2-Drag & Drop @ TP location ***Included scripts for SL & TP ***Credit to "Vladimir Hlystov" for the handy tools.

need help moving all orders to same TP with price

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C-12's Supply, Demand and PA thread

Getting those results on a $34K account won't happen. Covered calls is a pretty good strategy that gives a little downside cushion & a little upside bonus if the stock doesn't rise much. I prefer call spreads rather than covered calls because it ...

The Big secret to trading success

The article says he "started out" with 2,000 shares of Siebel Systems. How much did he add later??? How many other stocks/companies did he buy & write calls??? He didn't make the full half million dollars on just the 2,000 shares. I just recently ...

The Big secret to trading success

Example: (covered call vs. call spread) Google (GOOG): current price=785 1-Covered Call: 100 shares>> $78,500 minus $725 (Sept. 800C)= $77,775 investment Stock closes @ 800 on expiration date = $2,225 profit (2.86% ROI) Stock crashes & closes @ 700 ...

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I deleted my post. Sorry, getting away from pure S/D trading. Not for this thread.

C-12's Supply, Demand and PA thread

Anytime I scalp the YM, I like to have a chart of the ES available for S/D zones. There's 10 times the volume in ES as there is in YM so ES leads & YM follows. At a critical S/R level, if YM breaks the level but ES doesn't then you'll get a FO. For ...

Price is everything

GDX (gold miners): -long term trade -current price @ 29.98 Ratio Spread: Buy 1 Dec 27C @ 5.00 and Sell 2 Dec 39C @ .94 $500-$188=$312 -max. risk = $312 (if price below 39 @ expiration) -max. risk = unlimited (if price above 39)(just watch & roll if ...

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Showing .75 for Aug 8 calls. Decent OI so quote should be pretty close to market price. 7.56-.75=6.81 total cost Max profit = 1.19 ***Good OI in Oct calls & nice premium but would have to sit through earnings. ***Prefer call spreads in biotech ...

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I have no proof either way & never used a TE so just based my comment on what I've seen previously from more "experienced" traders. I'll stick with my "guess". GJ scalper can give the correct answer.

Geppy vs. GJscalper - a duel to the death!

"Standard" =$1,055 "Mini" = $105.50 "Micro"= $10.55 ... Be thankful you have $5,000 to "play" with. Many don't.

Geppy vs. GJscalper - a duel to the death!

You can create 3 charts arranged vertically like you do with different timeframes then save that as a profile. Now drag & drop the next symbol on each chart & save that as a separate profile. Repeat this for each market that you want to have 3 TFs. ...

C-12's Supply, Demand and PA thread

USDX is the US dollar index. ( url ) If you thought EU was at a good location for a buy you can check USDX to see if it's in a good location for a sell. EU is often moving in the opposite direction of EU since the USDX is made of 57.6% of the Euro ...

COT/DXY

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Order flow analytics

Maximum loss on selling naked puts isn't "unlimited". Example: Stock trading @ $30. Sell $28 put for $1.50 Maximum loss is $2,650 if stock goes to zero. If you sell naked calls then the loss is unlimited because there's not limit to how high a stock ...

The Big secret to trading success

Good information about option writing. I would make one change though. He recommends writing "naked" options but if you do the math the ROI is better by selling spreads rather than selling "naked" and requires a smaller account size. Even if you ...

The Big secret to trading success