Well, out of the 365 stocks/indexes that I monitor, zero are showing any clear direction on the Daily charts....several showing a downward move approaching on the Weekly charts, and a mixed bag on the Monthly charts, with more showing an upward bias ...

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Stay nimble and take money where you can. The weekly chart on AAL shows it is ready to drop to ~$14 or less, probably in the next week after this candle is done....

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In the following: AAL Jul17 15 PUT @ $1.78 Weekly chart is ready to move down in the next week or so....

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I see now. I was looking at SPX versus SPXS....

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In the following: NIO Jul17 6 CALL @ $0.58 Little closer expiration and a little higher strike....should be good for some money....

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3200 strike price?

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To check news I go to Zacks and look at Partner News, for earnings I go to Earnings Whispers to get the dates. I look at overseas markets and our pre-market data to see if anything major is going on. I don't really read anything else, because like ...

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But when you start trading a lot of contracts and are an active trader, ALWAYS ask for a discount on the advertised price of the contract fees!! Even at $0.65/contract, it really isn't that hard to rack up $20K-$30K in fees over a year.....have that ...

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I agree. I have an E**** account for their demo option platform so I can teach others, but I also do some real trading on their platform. I will have S**** and E**** open in different windows and quite regularly the E**** option view does not match ...

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Once you get ~$35K in an account, just choose the one that has the best trade execution, option tools and format, there won't be a need for multiple brokers just to get around the PDT rule. Plus, if you trade a lot of contracts over a year's time, ...

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Do you have a target or do you just wait for expiration?

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I think you are right. You should make some money on that NIO trade.

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In the following: NIO Aug21 5 PUT @ $0.58 Probably won't makes the move down for another week or two, but should be good for some money.....

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Out of the following: NIO Aug21 5 PUT @ $0.73 up from $0.525 NIO Aug21 6 PUT @ $1.32 up from $1.21 Made a little money. I'll be able to get back in cheaper before Friday....Weekly and Monthly charts still poised to go down, so grabbed a little ...

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I just look at daily prices. I say day trading options more tongue-in-cheek, but sometimes my trades only last an hour or two, especially if I'm trading the OEX, I use stockfetcher dot com to find my stocks to watch every quarter. Criteria is ...

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Well, technically, the max amount you can lose is only what you put into the trade. But you only lose when you sell, so let's say the option went down $0.17 today from what it was bought at yesterday, there is no loss unless you close the ...

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You could say that, sort of, but I really don't care what the main trend is, as I am trading relatively short term trades from a few hours to a few days (maybe a little longer if I am trading off the weekly or monthly chart). I simply look for ...

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In the following: NIO Aug21 5 PUT @ $0.525 average And now, we wait......

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I trade straight PUTS/CALLS based on extreme overbought and oversold levels. Occasionally, I will make a few trades on instinct (like some recent AAL and CCL trades), but mainly just the overbought/oversold levels. Remember with options, you don't ...

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Out of the following: AAL Jun19 18 PUT @ $4.90 up from $1.44 Nice little trade....

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