FTSE Going Who Knows Where? Each W/end I construct my charts from http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/marketsummary.html?E The choices of technicals and style are terrific. And … More
Author: 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
Trade 14 a Review
Losing But Not Drowning To review: the 7450/7550,7100/7000 short iron condor has just been losing value. Volatility has limply hovered … More
Apologies- I am Unwell
Hope to be back soon-but if there is one lesson about trading and illness, it is this: Never trade when … More
Trade 14- Buying Cheap or is that for the Birds?
A Curate’s Egg or Short Iron Condor? A great many people trade Iron Condors on the basis that it is … More
Trade 13 – an update
The Market Continues to Mystify I have to confess- I usually trade with upside risk about 3% above the market … More
Long and Wrong,Short and Caught
Adam Smith Author of ‘Wealth of Nations’ This handsome fellow was remarkably astute and his thinking makes good reading … More