Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:
FJ43 said:
Swollen Thumb said:
Bob Knights Liver said:
FJ43 said:
McInnis 03 said:
Aggie_2463 said:
What's the outlook on the market as a whole? We've been rocketing up all week, expecting a pull back tomorrow or next week?
In all seriousness, I am not sure anyone knows what's coming with the uncertainty in front of us with regards to the election still. We know that the House is one party, the Senate is another, so it may not matter who wins the Exec branch outside of some niche markets. The cash seems to be getting injected these last few days though.
I've been accumulating some of the SPXS 1/20 6c below .50 from an OA twitter alert. They are at about .40 now. I also expect there to be volatility so he has been buying below .50, selling at or above $1.00 and going net free to let those ride for any fireworks.
I'm with you on this one. I'm okay with these going to zero if that means the rest of my holdings keep booming. I don't feel comfortable getting most of my money in the market unless I'm hedged at least through this next month.
I've been buying/adding shares over the past month at around $5 as a hedge. Bought more today to reach my target position based on % of overall portfolio as a hedge. Will hold at least until election plays out over the next several weeks (or months). It's under $5 today and set a new 52 wk low this morning so good opportunity to pick some up with all the craziness that could occur over the next several weeks. I'm not much of an options guy, but obviously OA and others have laid out some good options strategies also.
I used to not be an options guy as well and just traded shares. I expect volatility until the noise settles a bunch.
Now I have to introduce myself as...Hi I'm FJ43 and I have an Options addiction.
Also just started doing options. Definitely the way to go imho if you want real returns. At least if you have good intel , research, and tips backing you. IMHO a simple portfolio with only buying and selling stocks might get you 2-3% a month at best (unless you get really luck or are really good), but if you mix in options and are decent at em, you can probably make 5-7%ish a month.
The difficult part is determining which plays are good option plays and which aren't. There have been several plays that worked out exactly as hoped, but took longer. Shares bought caught profit, contracts got stopped out before the profits came.
If it were easy everybody would do it.