This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. If you’ve been watching this hypothetical AAPL 610-605-595 put butterfly that expires today, then you’ve seen how dynamic this strategy really is. With the sell off down towards … Read More
Think you can day-trade AAPL?
This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. If so, then this is where you can potentially make a killing with the hypothetical broken wing butterfly we’ve been tracking over the past week. The hypothetical fly … Read More
AM Idea – April 13th 2012
Disclosure: Long: $NTAP
Discover Your Trading Style: Answering the Five Essential Questions
Too many traders falsely assume that there is one “correct” style of trading and that in order to become successful, they must simply copy the trading style of another successful trader. The reality, however, is that no two successful traders share identical trading styles. Far from being a cookie-cutter approach to understanding and exploiting opportunities in the markets, a trading … Read More
How Quickly AAPL Can Turn
This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. Just yesterday I talked about a hypothetical AAPL put broken wing butterfly expiring Friday, and with AAPL trading up this morning to over $640 I kind of figured … Read More
AAPL Skew is Reverting
This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. Last week I asked if Apple can really keep going up forever, and at least for another week it did. And the hypothetical put broken wing butterfly I … Read More
This is a trader’s fault
I received this trading recap from an SMB Trader: I love these types of days where I can keep my tickets really low and keep 95% of what i gross. For some reason when I trade from home, i don’t over trade and am able to keep my tickets really low. maybe because i have other responsibilities when i stay home like … Read More
Five Suggestions for Traders
I was in my office today working on my next book The PlayBook when I got pinged with this from the trading community: Mike, what do you do when you’re a practicing trader, working, saving, and studying to begin trading live, and you feel your motivation begin to peter out. You have this goal but the road there seems like … Read More