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    What's Wrong?

    I think its a case of more that everyone has a given talent for trading, they just need to find the strategy/product/style where that talent can be cultivated. Trading isnt like other disciplines because it is so diverse and individually customizable, that hardwork and persistence are the only...
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    A Good Option Trading Service

    OptionsHouse, cant really beat it. Another great tool is livevolpro, but only for the more advanced and ifyou have the do'
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    Low cost option broker

    second option house, check out interactive brokers as well
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    Theoretical option value vs market

    Yea the delta seems weird. Just out of interest, why are you doing this? I dont see a way of using this to trade as you are just confirming prices with a theoretical model through a ciruclar argument.
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    US Options historical data

    Check out livevolpro.com Have only seen the intro video on their site but it looks like everything an option trader needs including implied vol and historical data. Its a 100 bucks a month tho, Im def putting it on my wishlist.
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    Hey, what do you think of my plan?

    Just putting money in isnt a plan. A plan is composed of: 1) money management rules (max drawdown per trade, position sizing etc) 2) general strategy of what you are looking for, be it technical indicators, volume movements etc
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    using only historic price data to trade

    You can create a trading system with just using historical data but a couple of things to consider: 1) key reports, earnings announcements, NFP's etc - keep your eye out on those and if you are using a HP only strategy then you probably shouldnt trade right before/after these. 2) you have to...
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    best places to paper trade

    Definitely second ThinkorSwim, once i got used to the platform and charts I really like it. However, for paper trading you do have the problem you mentioned of very very quick fills, but also there is the problem that the dashboard is 20 mins delayed quotes, but the charts are real time, and so...
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    Relative newbie

    Try playing poker first and really think about what you are doing, ie set some rules, calculate pot odds for EV. Playing poker has really helped me get my head around the key principles of: -accepting when you made a mistake -accepting when you made the right call but did not get the right...
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