Author Archive for Terrapin Trader
First found out about options in 1995.From the arcane magazine Exchange and Mart! First trade- a covered call on VOD in 1999. Made 10%,VOD almost doubled. That's when I realised I was not a good trader,and I was forgiven thanks to the amazing world of exchange traded options
Extraordinary Event
Naked Sellers Destroyed CATASTROPHIC LOSS EVENT On November 15, 2018, OptionSellers.com notified its investors in an email entitled “Catastrophic Loss Event” that it not only lost all their money, but that they would also owe money to Intl FC Stone for margin calls. According to OptionSellers.com, they lost a substantial portion of their investors’ assets […]
Trade 106 Week Ending 16November
A Bit of A Drop, Take a Break, Sit (See what I did there?) Guffaws of laughter, conspicuous by absence! I love wordplay and enjoy humour in our bewildered media. Nobody can honestly have a clue what it now means to stay in or leave the EU. The overly lauded economic growth is a symptom […]
Trade 105 Week Ending 09 November, Politics and Markets
Up Down, More of The Same Barely a move, yet Tuesday being 45 days to expiry (DTE) would have served me perfectly with my December put strategies. I didn’t of course take the trade. Because,(scaredy cat me) in the last couple of months there was one entry I happily missed. FTSE dropped hugely. Would I […]
Trade 104 Week Ending 02 Novembrrrrrr
Volatility Peaked Then Dipped, on Big Rises and Falls That Was The Week In a week FTSE has risen 2.2% from 6939.56 to 7094.12. We note trade volumes much greater on the down days. Volatility remains heightened. Non farm payrolls were ok giving the FED licence to raise interest rates. Wages-the key ingredient in […]
Trade 103 Week Ending 26 October
That Was The Week, a Bit of Uppy Downy For Once A bit of excitement this week over 250 point range but basically after all the shouting, FTSE is down about 100 points. More to come? We need a good shake out sometimes as Vol has been in the closet for so long. and on […]
Trade102 Week Ending 19th October
I’m sure this is a noble venture and can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RobinhoodOptions/ Unfortunately much of what I have seen is just terrible. I mostly see a bunch of hapless punters all taking a ‘punt’ on this stock or that stock. Even worse they are buying or selling naked without a clue what they are doing. No analysis, […]
Trade102- Website Issues
Cannot publish with graphics Here’s the next trade so you can be sure it is real and not some cherry picked claim to a trade as some sites may do. Trade 102- Let The Market Decide Sometimes we like to leg in, when we don’t know where we are at. I might think this is the bottom […]
Trade101 Week Ending 12October
Oh My! Some Drop, Who Saw That Coming? Er, most of us, But Not That Big The drop since 03 October- 6.66% when FTSE was 7510 and it all looked ok. Warnings abounded- “bond yields!” They screamed, FED rate hikes they exclaimed. Markets drop from highs-only the fund managers buy at the top. The classic ‘they are […]
Trade100! Week Ending 05 October
Our Maiden Century(With thanks to Giphy.com) What does it mean? Statistically 100 events can have some meaning attached for analysis. I think we have about 5 losing trades, by the way. In due course a summary of these 100 trades will be made available. A lot to get through this week as the interminable FTSE […]
Trade 99! Week Ending 28September
The Week’s Activity Again at the end of the week, the rise after Monday’s open is negated pretty much. VFTSE picked up a little on Friday. Politics grabs the headlines, but typically it is nothing that bothers us, and the markets have seen it all before. That is not to belittle Dr.Ford’s experience – but […]
