Recent content by Schopen

Anyone know the name of the french banking index, e.g., financials, something tradable?

I can't find the forum for discussing ETFs.. AM I being a divvy who can' find it or isn't there one? Do any of the brokerages here offer ETF trading?

I like to imagine doing something myself (one day). Haven't chosen a SB firm yet. Do you hold many swing trades overnight, few days?

When a stock is trending sideways with narrow bars and thin volume, are there any obvious signs that differentiate an accumulation from a distribution?

Can I ask, I'm really curious: What is the time frame of your typical trade?

"If you work in a warehouse for 10 years you can't expect it alone to prepare you to hit the markets with your pension and succeed." Don't know if it's good advice yet but took it to heart.

If it's true how would you go about improving them? What would you need to be better at? Does anyone have an real examples of winning activities you did or do that, when you think about it, probably contributes to your success:?:

"'Never risk more than 2% of your capital on any one trade'... and similar rules. Do they mean % trade size of your total equity, or % maximum loss as a % of your total equity, cause the latter could imply your trade can be as much of your capital as you like, as long as your max loss per trade...

whats the difference between a butterfly and an iron butterfly?

Awesome. Thx. I'm developing a half-baked strategy here. I know I should look this up - apologies - how frequently are there options contracts on stocks (UK, US,..)? I am assuming every three months.

Hope this trade is a winner for you. Can I ask, are your short the 63's or long, and does your trading software show you the greek totals for this trade?

Awesome. Thx Looks like a Bear Put Spread. See if I am getting my greeks right: Your long has to be nearer the money than your short, or you're shorting gamma..?

If I am short a put with the cash in my account, if some of this cash is used in margin calls will I get it back in a timely enough fashion to buy the underlying if my strike is breached? Does anyone know what the standard broker practice is with this?

I have been reading some options threads on this site. The consensus looks like doing lots of leveraged, single option directional trades isn't a long term winning strategy - and I was so proud of my options knowledge. This implies that only volatility-related trades should really be...

As I understand it only so many option strikes are available either side of the market price. What happens when the underlying moves so far that the outlying options in an option series 'fall off' ? If you have positions in these options, are they still good? If the market then moves back to its...