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Four Phases of Traders

  
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1. Being unconsciously incompetent. That’s when you don’t know anything about the markets. Unfortunately most people get in the markets, on the last wave of a bull market. The only thing required is to be in the markets. Everything is going up.
2.Consciously incompetent. That’s when you’ve realised that making money in the markets has nothing to do with buying low and sell it higher. So you start learning technical analysis. But you still loose money. 
3. Consciously competent. If you haven’t given up by now. You have started to gain experience. You can read the markets and feel the pulse. You’re discovering that there are more advanced things that you can use;Indicators. But unfortunately you still lose money. 
4. Unconsciously competent. That’s the zone guys. That’s where you’ve managed to put all the pieces together. You’ve been through it all. You’ve learned to master yourself, and you’ve done such a great job, that you’re trading without forcing yourself to do it. You’re relaxed, and all the pieces, are there. Think of the way you guys drive your cars. You don’t think of it, you just do it!

10 Ways to Move From Peril to Profits

  
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  1. The first question to ask in any option trade is how much of my capital could I lose in the worst case scenario not how much can I make.
  2. Long options are tools that can be used to create asymmetric trades with a built in downside and unlimited upside.
  3. Short options should only be sold when the probabilities are deeply in your favor that they will expire worthless, also a small hedge can pay for itself in the long run.
  4. Understand that in long options you have to overcome the time priced into the premium to be profitable even if you are right on the direction of the move.
  5. Long  weekly deep-in-the-money options can be used like stock with much less out lay of capital.
  6. The reason that deeper in the money options have so little time and volatility priced in is becasue you are ensuring someones profits in that stock. That is where the risk is:intrinsic value, and that risk is on the buyer.
  7. When you buy out-of-the-money options understand that you must be right about direction, time period of move, and amount of move to make money. Also understand this is already priced in.
  8. When trading a high volatility event that price move will be priced into the option, after the event the option price will remove that volatility value and the option value will collapse. You can only make money through those events with options if the increase in intrinsic value increases enough to replace the vega value that comes out.
  9. Only trade in options with high volume so you do not lose a large amount of money on the bid/ask spread when entering and exiting trades.
  10. When used correctly options can be tools for managing risk, used incorrectly they can blow up your account. I suggest never risking more than 1% of your trading capital on any one option trade.

 

How's that drink, anyway? Oh, it's stunning

  
Education, Life
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http://www.drinkstunna.com/

You know the problem: You’re out at the bar with friends, and you just can’t figure out what you want to drink. Vodka? Rum? Or maybe you’re in a tequila mood. Well, thanks to the inventive folks at Stunna, now you don’t have to waste any time choosing which happy way to take to inebriety. The appropriately named Stunna liqueur will stun you, all right: It’s a blend of rum, tequila, vodka and (as though these three weren’t enough) “other fine spirits,” according to the company. There’s a bit of melon and citrus tossed in, perhaps to distract your taste buds from the fact that you’re sipping four drinks in one glass. Stunna’s debut press release suggests serving this stuff over ice—”no need to mix with anything else.” Yeah, no kidding. It also bills the drink as an aphrodisiac. Hmm. Seems to us that Stunna would be far more likely to lead to another kind of bedroom talk: “Honey, I have a headache.”

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