Recent content by polartw

for swing trading, long call/puts have more advantage over shares or cfds. 1. limited risk when your bear. if you short share or cfd you have unlimited risk vs long put where risk is limited. 2. roll up/down technique much more efficient in taking profit while maintaining exposure as opposed...

*note: as my post count is too high, I cant post images so you will have to copy the url links and post them into your address bar to see the charts. * 50% retracement level is an important level after a sharp swing of price that should be taken into consideration. To calculate the level...

i havnt used etrade but try look for a section called 'market depth' this shows you the outstanding buys and sells, listed by price first . ie for buys the highest price is on top and lowest price on top for sells. with orders at the same price, whoever placed the order first is first in que ...

to what i have been told, franking credits are factored into options as they are still real value which can be realised by the writer, whether they are eligible or not. i picked that up from a trader whom i consider to be expert in the field. im not absolute if its certain or not but i guess it...

yes , options price accounts for the fact that the share price may fall by a value equal to the gross value of the dividend. IE value of div plus any franking credits . again, this is not the forum to discuss it so i will end at there, cheers.

just a note that the dividend is taken off the share price so there really is no point buying right before then sell right after it . in fact it is a bad strategy as a lot of people do it pushin the price further down . eg. you buy at $2.00 then comes the dividend 8cents. if the stock traded...

For straight options (just buying a call or put), I like to get out if it dosn't go my way by the end of the seccond day, I may get out on the first day if it looks like its getting smashed (~30% loss on option) For straight spreads I like to use technical stops (eg. if i have a bullish...