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Pete Schweaty
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Options
January 8th, 2014, 09:52 AM
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Man, I sure can pick em!
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Pete Schweaty
Bought to close on a pullback today. Paid 1.25,...
Bought to close on a pullback today. Paid 1.25, so roughly a 1:1 R:R.
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Options
January 7th, 2014, 08:22 PM
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Man, I sure can pick em!
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Pete Schweaty
The long side is 330. Jan 2014 (Monthly) 9 days...
The long side is 330. Jan 2014 (Monthly) 9 days until expiration.
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Options
January 7th, 2014, 07:46 PM
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Man, I sure can pick em!
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Ok. I won't keep you in suspense. It was NFLX. It...
Ok. I won't keep you in suspense. It was NFLX. It was almost like they waited for me to sell the option before they downgraded the stock today.
So for you options traders with some experience: ...
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Options
January 7th, 2014, 01:22 PM
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Man, I sure can pick em!
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Pete Schweaty
Man, I sure can pick em!
I may have the worst luck in the history of trading. I have been looking into credit spreads recently. Yesterday I picked one in a decent uptrend and sold a January bull put spread that had an 83%...
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Options
January 5th, 2014, 08:14 AM
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Max Profit of Vertical Spread
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Pete Schweaty
Yeah. I closed it out for 0.79 on Friday. I...
Yeah. I closed it out for 0.79 on Friday. I picked up the book everyone was talking about. Its a good read so far, very detailed.
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Options
January 2nd, 2014, 08:03 AM
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Max Profit of Vertical Spread
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Pete Schweaty
Thanks. I have just started trading spreads. ...
Thanks. I have just started trading spreads. Live and learn.
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Options
January 2nd, 2014, 08:02 AM
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Max Profit of Vertical Spread
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Pete Schweaty
Thanks. Ill take a look.
Thanks. Ill take a look.
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Options
January 1st, 2014, 02:45 PM
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Max Profit of Vertical Spread
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Pete Schweaty
Yeah. I am in profit, I just expected it to...
Yeah. I am in profit, I just expected it to continue to grow.
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Options
January 1st, 2014, 02:43 PM
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Max Profit of Vertical Spread
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Pete Schweaty
Thanks. I'll look into the book.
Thanks. I'll look into the book.
Forum:
Options
December 31st, 2013, 06:50 PM
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Max Profit of Vertical Spread
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Pete Schweaty
Max Profit of Vertical Spread
So I have a question about the max profit of a vertical spread. If I understand it correctly the maximum profit of a long call or put vertical spread is calculated by subtracting the higher strike...
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Options
November 30th, 2013, 02:14 PM
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What happens when one leg of a spread is exercised?
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Pete Schweaty
Cool. Thanks.
Cool. Thanks.
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Options
November 30th, 2013, 12:19 PM
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What happens when one leg of a spread is exercised?
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Pete Schweaty
Thanks for the response. Let me see if I...
Thanks for the response.
Let me see if I have it right.
So if Apple is trading at 570 and I am assigned on the 540 I wind up short 100 shares of AAPL at 540.
I can then exercise my 535...
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Options
November 30th, 2013, 07:45 AM
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What happens when one leg of a spread is exercised?
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Pete Schweaty
Thanks so much for the response. It clears a lot...
Thanks so much for the response. It clears a lot up.
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Options
November 29th, 2013, 04:49 PM
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What happens when one leg of a spread is exercised?
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Pete Schweaty
What happens when one leg of a spread is exercised?
First off , happy thanksgiving to everyone!
Second, I have a bit of a beginners question. What happens if the short leg of a vertical spread is exercised? I am relatively new to options and...
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Options
October 26th, 2013, 08:38 AM
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Basic Options Queries
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
As the above poster said, it depends on the...
As the above poster said, it depends on the delta, as well as the theta. Here is a great link that will work out all of your P&L for you. I use it before I enter a position to see what profit I...
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Trading Journals
October 17th, 2013, 06:10 PM
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Pete's Schweaty Journal
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Pete Schweaty
B on the day. Good job on your first trade. ...
B on the day.
Good job on your first trade. Good entry and exit. You should have taken the second trade you had planned. Baby steps to get back.
...
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October 16th, 2013, 06:29 PM
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Pete's Schweaty Journal
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Pete Schweaty
10/16/2013 B Good entry. You could have hung...
10/16/2013
B
Good entry. You could have hung in for another push down and gotten more, but you traded well.
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=125886
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Trading Journals
October 16th, 2013, 06:28 PM
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Pete's Schweaty Journal
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Pete Schweaty
10/10/2013 F You need to decide if this is...
10/10/2013
F
You need to decide if this is what you want to do. You moved your stop again and gave up a 7 point winner.
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=125885
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Commodities
October 11th, 2013, 07:47 PM
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Do you look at overnight data?
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
Great points. Thanks for the input.
Great points. Thanks for the input.
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Commodities
October 9th, 2013, 03:46 PM
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Do you look at overnight data?
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
I do. I was just wondering what everyone else...
I do. I was just wondering what everyone else looks at. I like to see the highs and lows put in the overnight market.
Forum:
Commodities
October 8th, 2013, 07:13 PM
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Do you look at overnight data?
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
Do you look at overnight data?
For those of you that look at commodities, on your charts, do you show the extended session or hide it? Why?
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Trading Journals
October 7th, 2013, 12:57 PM
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Pete's Schweaty Journal
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
10/7/2013 D Absolutely horrendous. You took...
10/7/2013
D
Absolutely horrendous. You took 3 trades. To start the day. All of which were losers, but would have been winners if you had not messed with your SL levels. You came out with an...
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Commodities
October 3rd, 2013, 05:43 AM
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Explain the order book
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
Thanks. I noticed it happens frequently. The...
Thanks. I noticed it happens frequently. The large offers (or bids) are pulled right before price slams through them. Price will usually reverse, just not where those big orders are.
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Trading Journals
October 2nd, 2013, 03:05 PM
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Pete's Schweaty Journal
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
I am not sure if this should be a journal entry...
I am not sure if this should be a journal entry or not. I decided to take the day off from trading and just watch the market today after yesterdays 2 losers and one BE. The results . . ....
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Commodities
October 2nd, 2013, 12:02 PM
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Explain the order book
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Posted By
Pete Schweaty
If I understand it correctly, and I may be way...
If I understand it correctly, and I may be way off (thats why I am asking), those huge sell orders represent commercial selling. There is no way anyone can get filled for several hundred orders in...
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