options

Some folks have asked that we create a stock/option trading thread, a thread where you can post any stock or equity trade that you think is a winner. In the RANDOM CHAT thread, several mentioned Alibaba as a potential trade with high upside. I'll start... 5 months ago I bought 100 contracts...

For those of you familiar with credit spreads, I could use a little help. I can't seem to quite get my head around figuring profit and loss. Do you base your figures on the amount of risk/collateral, or the total spread? I *think* if I look at it like investing in inventory, I'd base everything...

Hi guys, does anybody have experience with a trading strategy that revolves around limiting the downside while benefiting from outliers to the upside? The big picture idea is that if you place 52 bets per year (roughly one per week) and if you get close to a 50% chance of succeeding then the...

Hey Everyone, I've been trying to find good resources to learn option trading. I have 5 different books and have been researching and watching videos but they are not as basic as i need them. I'm looking for something easy to understand because everything i read seems like step three when i...

I mentioned a few times in both my books that there are NO financial experts when it comes to the markets... one says doom-and-gloom, another says to the moon! Here are some interesting charts that counteract common financial mantras... mantras such as: It can't go to Zero... Housing only goes...