Recent content by JSChicago

True. I think successful traders are just the people that survived long enough to find their style. I know I tried all possible combinations of tick,time period, and technical study before I found my niche and developed the emotional skill to trade successfully. I'd lose my mind (and all my...

Well, if you want to see a woman trader make millions while all the males fall on their faces you can watch Linda Raschke in Floored. Fair warning, the review I posted at the bottom of that page is accurate so if you suffer from clinical depression you might not want to watch it.

You cry more if it's your own :lol:

Ah, they're working the 'spread'. :lol:

Don't kid yourself into thinking you know what the market is going to do. You don't know, you can't know; be patient and and wait for the market to reveal a high-probability set up.

Yes, I'm happy. I use Think or Swim who was bought by TDAmeritrade maybe two years ago. However, I've never used anyone else so it's not like I've done a lot of comparisons (I've looked at other brokers but never saw any compelling reason to switch). I think, most of all, I like the ToS...

Nobody can answer that for you. However, I will try to shed some light, strictly from my own experience, that you may (or may not) find useful. The odds are high that you will lose it all. In my estimation, the MACD, Stochastic, or any other form of analysis are only 10% of the game. I would...

Sorry to hear that. You might try buying some sturdy dividend-paying stock with a well established trading range and writing covered calls against it each month. Since - from your post - it looks like you will have a couple of years to investigate new trading strategies, I will suggest you...

"Buy and Hold" scares the crap out of me. I get the same uneasy feeling when my girlfriend asks "Do these pants make me look fat"? - I consider both to be no-win situations. Whenever I'm in a situation that severely limits my trading time I just change up my strategy. So, I might go from...

I start with one screen that has charts for maybe a dozen or so pairs using 1 hour candles to help smooth out the smaller fluctuations. Out of those, I will look for pairs that have fallen into either an oscillating or trending pattern - either one will work - oscillating patterns just mean I...

I haven't noticed any problems recently, but I do get a little scared whenever they release a new upgrade; which seems to be pretty often. You might try 'upping' the memory to use (the logon screen has a 'configuration' button that lets you change the setting for the memory). If that - and a...

I think OptionsXpress allows customers from Sweden so you might want to check them out. I have not used them, but I've never heard any complaints.

If I understand your example correctly, I believe you have lost money. You have paid a premium to buy the 10.5 put and your underlying security has dropped to 10.5 so basically, you shelled out extra money for the privilege of selling the security at its current market value (and this doesn't...

I don't know if this helps, but if I needed options help from people I trusted I would go to two sources: 1. My broker. I don't know who you use, but they may have a number of experienced traders as part of their customer service department. 2. The TastyTrade show (www.tastytrade.com) has a...

You might want to tune into the TastyTrade show (www.tastytrade.com) if you're interested in trading options. It's a lot more entertaining than reading Options as a Strategic Investment Good luck with your trading.