Interesting. Today, I got a trigger on CLF to go down. Despite already being in it to go up. I find it odd that it could have conflicting RTT trends. I guess the deal is that it is down until 3/10, then it is up. I haven't seen that happen before, so I need to check that more closely. Regardless, it kicked me out at the stop today. V also kicked me out at the stop as well. HAS is stillby funkho - Trading Discussion
I got a re-trigger on V calls today from the move yesterday. I should be paying more attention to the sell signals from RTT, just in case. The stops are working out really well, but I have been in this V position for quite a while. CLF hit me hard yesterday, but it never stopped. It's rebounding today, so I'm sticking with it. I'm going to remain in all positions and just update today. Iby funkho - Trading Discussion
Alright, I was in a car all day on Friday, so I wasn't able to update the positions. We got sold on our PNRA in the early market, so we'll be logging that win. The other positions were down on Friday, but no stops triggered. Today, we're up on those positions and I'm looking to add calls in CLF now (even though we just sold puts on CLF) because a trigger has fired on RTT for calls in a 4 weekby funkho - Trading Discussion
Late again today. Snow days... Got a trigger for HAS today, and I do like HAS at this time of year. I am going to swap in HAS for CLF since it's the only one that I have that's down. V - 1 x Sep 270C @ 18.55 = 1,855 Stop: 15.80 Limit: 23.00 Now: 18.55 PNRA - 2 x Aug 160C @ 9.50 = 1,900 Stop - 8.10 Limit: 12.00 Now: 10.85 CLF - 13 x Jul 7P @ 1.45 = 1,885 Stop: 1.25by funkho - Trading Discussion
I had something odd happen to me this morning. I am not sure what to make of it. My paper trading account with TOS sold my PNRA position at .95 after triggering my stop. The position is no where close to that price. I'm not sure how this happened. Should I believe this is a paper trading glitch, or has anyone ever had their stop trigger at .95 when the option is trading at 10.40? Should Iby funkho - Trading Discussion
Got a trigger on CLF. I'm going to give it a go... The spread isn't insane. I'm surprised at how low CLF is since the last time I looked at it. Oh well, going in. The V and PNRA plays are just hanging out. I may bail on V if it doesn't produce something interesting tomorrow. I've been in it long enough. V - 1 x Sep 270C @ 18.55 = 1,855 Stop: 15.80 Limit: 23.00 Now: 18.60 Pby funkho - Trading Discussion
Sorry I'm late today. Got mixed up in some things this morning. Checking on positions. V is now up, but just holding steady. Not going to do anything since it is starting to move. Got a trigger on PNRA, so I'm going into that one. V - 1 x Sep 270C @ 18.55 = 1,855 Stop: 15.80 Limit: 23.00 Now: 18.75 PNRA - 2 x Aug 160C @ 9.50 = 1,900 Stop - 8.10 Limit: 12.00by funkho - Trading Discussion
There are still no new triggers. And it seems like the market is trying to make a decision on holding these new highs. So I'm good with just staying in my V position. It lost a little ground yesterday, but it's still well within limits. Nothing to do today but update. I am going to go ahead and replace my stop with an OCO also. I'm going to make sure I set a limit sell on the top side ofby funkho - Trading Discussion
This is a little request I have. Could you put a link to return to the topic list from the bottom of the thread page. I have to scroll all the way back up, which is kind of annoying if I'm on my tablet... It's not a big deal, but it would be helpful if there was some sort of return link at the bottom of the page. Thanks!by funkho - Trading Discussion
There are no new triggers for me on RTT today. I reviewed some of the ones that are in play, and I don't see something I am dying to get into. So I'm not going to open anything new today. Got stopped out on CHK with a giant loss. Gap down today was huge. Fill price on the stop was 1.96. Horrible! Oh well, we're out of it. V is holding without much movement. I'll give it a couple more dby funkho - Trading Discussion
No new triggers today. Positions are backing off from their highs yesterday. Market seems to finally be cooling off, but what do I know. Nothing to enter, so just updating. No stops fired, so still hanging in there. V - 1 x Sep 270C @ 18.55 = 1,855 Stop: 15.80 Now: 17.60 CHK - 7 x Jul 20C @ 2.65 = 1,855 Stop: 2.25 Now: 2.65 Quick update today.by funkho - Trading Discussion
Got a few triggers today. I am going to enter a position on CHK. The V position is doing fine, so I'm leaving it alone. V - 1 x Sep 270C @ 18.55 = 1,855 Stop: 15.80 Now: 18.90 CHK - 7 x Jul 20C @ 2.65 = 1,855 Stop: 2.25by funkho - Trading Discussion
Exiting DECK today. Market seems really hot. I did get an entry signal on V today, so I'm going to go ahead and go in. But I am closing DECK on the move back to what I expected as resistance. DECK - 2 x Sep 72.50C @ 8.85 = 1,770 Sold 12/13 @ 11.00 +430 V - 1 x Sep 270C @ 18.55 = 1,855 Stop: 15.80 Account total: $11,803by funkho - Trading Discussion
Exiting GS today based on the next level of resistance. It's also a pretty decent profit, so I'm taking it. It's hard to image how well the account would be doing if only I had the stops in place before I started with them recently. What I mean is. If I simply closed all my losers at, say.. 20% loss, I would be doing extremely well overall at this point. Well, that was the point of this tby funkho - Trading Discussion
Well hey... PNRA earnings is today after market, so I'm closing that one for sure. I didn't put in the OCO that I wanted on PNRA. Instead, I just had a stop. It certainly opened up over where I would have put my sell order in on it this morning. Since, it has sold off. So for new positions, I need to make sure I go ahead and have something pretty close to where I want to sell in place. Dby funkho - Trading Discussion
No new triggers today, but GS is attacking that resistance point again. I think I am going to go ahead and get back into it. DECK is up nicely now. PNRA is going our way also. Nothing to do but possibly raise stops a little on each. DECK - 2 x Sep 72.50C @ 8.85 = 1,770 Stop: 8.00 Now: 9.60 PNRA - 2 x Aug 180C @ 9.40 = 1,880 Stop: 8.00 Now: 9.80 GS - 2 x Jul 185C @ 8.80 = 1,76by funkho - Trading Discussion
Got a new trigger on PNRA today, so I'm heading into it. The DECK call is down, but it's less than 5% down. Letting it breath. GS has pulled back off that resistance point. If I need to open another position, I may go back into GS, but I'm in no rush since I'm going into PNRA today. DECK - 2 x Sep 72.50C @ 8.85 = 1,770 Stop: 7.55 Now: 8.30 PNRA - 2 x Aug 180C @ 9.40 = 1,880 Stop:by funkho - Trading Discussion
I'm having a hard time seeing the fill price of my stop from TOS... I see that it triggered, but I am not POSITIVE that it triggered at the 3.85 price. For now, I will assume that it did. So we're out of AEM, and GS is running strong. It's up 20% for me now, so I'm going to move my stop up to 10% gain and keep riding. I changed my mind on GS. I'm going to go ahead and take it. I am takinby funkho - Trading Discussion
I don't know if our distrust of stops is such a great idea. I know that GW didn't like using stops, but the market maker makes money regardless. And while I have seen my position get stopped out and then immediately go the other way on me, I don't know if I can equate it to some malicious entity. /shrug I'm going to try out stops for a while. Maybe it will work out. No new triggers today,by funkho - Trading Discussion
RichieRick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, you can log into both sides of TOS at once. I > do it all the time. Also you can log into the > live money on you PC, and user the trader phone > app to be logged into the Paper money side. All > at the same time. This is worth giving some thought to... Thanks for the suggestion... I reallby funkho - Trading Discussion
I'm really disappointed in trademonster... I was pretty happy with optionshouse before the move... Oh well. Anyway, I'm updating positions and adding another. I am having trouble tracking my stops because I can't seem to settle on a virtual platform to use. I was switching to the TOS virtual platform, but you have to completely log out and log back in for their virtual account. What a paiby funkho - Trading Discussion
After nine years, have you found what you would consider "success"? Just curious. Because of the brokerage swap, I didn't have a "stop" sell order in for SNDK, so I'm going to assume it sold at the stop. So another one closes. The AEM position is against me, but it hasn't hit the stop yet. There are new triggers on RTT, and I'm going with V... SNDK - 3 x Jul 75P @by funkho - Trading Discussion
djpl8 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is getting painful for me to read. Have you > ever thought about using RTT to swing trade some > positions using larger charts? If these are real > money trades, you are making the brokerage rich > through commissions and also killing your own > confidence by going through all of this chop. I amby funkho - Trading Discussion
I don't believe wakeup read a word of this thread... SNDK position is unchanged. No new triggers... Have a good weekend.by funkho - Trading Discussion
Busted again. AEM - 4 x Aug 34C @ 4.55 = 1,820 Sold 1/29 @ 3.70 = 1,480 -340 Account total: $9,593 Almost a 20% hit inside of one day on an option WAY out in time. I am going to continue to run this, but from now on, I am putting in stops as soon as I open the position. I can't take these hits. I have taken way too many loses over 15% and not nearly enough gains. I'm goingby funkho - Trading Discussion
Reviewing the triggers. Got one on DECK, but earnings is tomorrow. Another 4 week on AEM, so I'm going with that one. AEM - 4 x Aug 34C @ 4.55 = 1,820by funkho - Trading Discussion
I have been using OptionsHouse, and they were purchased by trademonster... They killed my virtual account over the weekend, and I was quite busy yesterday, so I checked on the stocks of my positions. It didn't look horrible, so I just left them alone. Today, they destroy me. I am looking up all the prices now and I'll update afterwards. MA - 4 x Jul 85C @ 5.40 = 2,160 Now: 3.90 = 1560by funkho - Trading Discussion
MA is recovering nicely, and V is up for me a little today. I'm adding CME to my positions because I like it at this time of year. It also popped today as an earnings trend on RTT, so I'm in it despite a pretty wide spread. Updates below: MA - 4 x Jul 85C @ 5.40 = 2,160 Now: 5.15 V - 1 x Jun 250C @ 18.60 = 1,860 Now: 19.05 CME - 5 x Jun 90C @ 3.40 = 1,700by funkho - Trading Discussion
awesomeness Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > funkho - are you a GW student? > > Yes, I took his 1-5 courses to start. Like most, I have strayed pretty far from his class, but I did take 1-5 when it was available via achieverschoicequest.com Don't even know if that site still works. -Funkby funkho - Trading Discussion
I am very disappointed in CHK. I see that it peaked at 20.05 before it fell HARD today. I ended up getting tripped out on my stop from yesterday. I made a profit, but I should have put a sell order in close to the 20 mark for CHK. I have been toying with OCO orders, which are a limit sell on the top side as well as a stop on the low side. I am going to start using those more often. I alsoby funkho - Trading Discussion