November 20, 2008First - to the commenters and emailers that have asked where I’ve been, is the blog dead, have I fallen off the planet, etc: I closed my last trades on Oct 5 (some Iron Condors that got very sick that day and needed to be closed for a loss). Over the previous weeks I had […]
Popularity: 3% [?]
Posted in Real Trades, Misc 
No Comments »
September 9, 2008Cake looks like a pretty cool new website, set up to exploit alot of the “Web 2.0″ trends out there such as social networking, groups, connections, etc. What makes Cake special is that it does applies all of this to an overall investment portfolio perspective. The “edge” Cake claims is that you can see other […]
Popularity: 18% [?]
Posted in Misc 1 Comment »
August 20, 2008One of the goals I have had for this blog is to become more “self aware” of my trading and the markets through transparency of my trading decisions. It has worked and my methods and understanding of major principles such as risk management and portfolio diversification have been pushed to another level. A picture is […]
Popularity: 17% [?]
Posted in Real Trades, Trading Rules, Misc No Comments »
July 24, 2008Today was an important day, the day iShares announced cplits for many of thir ETFs - and probably a bit frustrating for income traders. These are scheduled to split 3 for 1:
EEM, IWN, IJR, EFA
And these are supposed to split 2 for 1, although for IWM I don’t see this reflected yet:
IWM, IGE, IJK, IJH, IJJ, ICF, […]
Popularity: 11% [?]
Posted in Misc No Comments »
July 22, 2008Don’t feel too bad if you slip up sometimes on risk management - you could have lost $3.2 billion.
The Tulsa-based SemGroup shorted NYMEX crude oil futures to hedge against a decline in the value of the oil it purchased as part of its 500,000-barrel-per-day trading business, according to court documents, before surging crude prices forced it […]
Popularity: 11% [?]
Posted in Misc No Comments »
July 18, 2008From Theta Positive (another live trading blog focused on butterflies for the most part.)
“… as said multiple times before; let’s trade the market we get and not the market we wish for.”
Popularity: 8% [?]If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Popularity: 8% [?]
Posted in Misc No Comments »
July 17, 2008VIX And More points out the new OVX that the CBOE has launched, based upon USO. Knowing that vehicle (and OIH) is popular with alot of people for volatility plays whenever said IV drops, this will probably be an important instrument gauge to keep on the dashboard.
I can’t point out enough how much excellent analysis […]
Popularity: 8% [?]
Posted in Misc No Comments »
Copyright (C) 2008, OptionsRopeADope, LLC All rights reserved. U.S. Government Required Disclaimer: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.*Futures, options, and spot currency trading have large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets. Don't trade with money you can't afford to lose. This website is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those discussed on this website. The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results. CFTC RULE 4.41 - HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
