OFFICIAL STOCK MARKET & ECONOMY THREAD VOL. SCHOOL'S OUT

[mycoldyourdone]

Too bad im playing with fake money lol

 

[lyonbc1]

bought into F (ford) 10k before earnings and fb (facebook) 10k today. FB was up 20% in after hour trading I hope price holds tomorrow during trading.


I really want to get into option trading. Any advice for beginners?

http://www.investopedia.com/university/options/option.asp

This helped me get a really basic understanding of it, I've been interested in learning a lot more about options too

 

[based mod]

How low will amzn go?

 

[andycrazn]

how the hell is fb up so much?

 

[based mod]

nm amzn making it back to $300

i don't get this game.

 

[based mod]

znga announced that they're abandoning real money gambling

good thing i withheld from picking up some shares

 

[lyonbc1]

After reading about options I feel like a whole new world has been opened . Definitely understand the heavy risk associated with it but I like that you're not obligated to buy when you place a call option, so you only lose the initial outlay....but some of the possible profits are sheesh

 

[freakydestroyer]

AMZN turned green

 

[rightguard]

http://www.investopedia.com/university/options/option.asp

This helped me get a really basic understanding of it, I've been interested in learning a lot more about options too

thanks

 

[based mod]

AMZN turned green

Amazon: "Sorry guys, we didn't quite make what we promised."



Everybody: "OH **** BUY BUY BUY!"



Hitting all time highs on bad news? Wot?

 

[freakydestroyer]

Nothing matters. AMZN=Floyd Mayweather.

 

[andycrazn]

After reading about options I feel like a whole new world has been opened . Definitely understand the heavy risk associated with it but I like that you're not obligated to buy when you place a call option, so you only lose the initial outlay....but some of the possible profits are sheesh

its just like sports betting

 

[johnnyredstorm]

No surprise with AMZN.

 

[rexmakesbeats]

waiting for a correction before i put any more money into this market

 

[rexmakesbeats]

waiting for a correction before i put any more money into this market

 

[rexmakesbeats]

waiting for a correction before i put any more money into this market

 

[lyonbc1]

After reading about options I feel like a whole new world has been opened . Definitely understand the heavy risk associated with it but I like that you're not obligated to buy when you place a call option, so you only lose the initial outlay....but some of the possible profits are sheesh

its just like sports betting

Yeah...that's what it reminded me of honestly I didn't think it was so speculative but it's interesting how it works

 

[gold st capital]

Your most effective means of writing options is to learn the strategies. Writing options with out knowing the possible strategies reduces your probability of a winning trade

 

[scuse7]

Gotta be optimistic if you own $FB

One of the least levered tech giants and they still have instagram in their back pocket, which I see people only clamoring too more. IG should be big once they monetize it.

 

[freakydestroyer]

Your most effective means of writing options is to learn the strategies. Writing options with out knowing the possible strategies reduces your probability of a winning trade

I don't think most of the folks here are looking to or have the means to write options. But it's the way to go, trading them is generally a losers game.

 

[gold st capital]

Freaky the funny thing is. If you don't have much money options are your better bet to get ur money up. U and I know the real tho. Most people just get bogged down by all the jargon to doing it. It's worth learning and it not that hard once you figure it out.

 

[freakydestroyer]

Freaky the funny thing is. If you don't have much money options are your better bet to get ur money up. U and I know the real tho. Most people just get bogged down by all the jargon to doing it. It's worth learning and it not that hard once you figure it out.

Well, the thought of undefined risk is scary to some if not most people. Do you write options, if so what kind of spreads and time horizon usually?

 

[johnnyredstorm]

What do you recommend reading to learn the best options strategies?

 

[gold st capital]

Iron condor, call spreads, put spreads and sometimes straddles

 

[lyonbc1]

I've read a few things saying that selling puts (which I guess is similar to placing calls?) is a good way to make additional income on a stock you already own if you're bullish on it too...but I still need to read more/see examples to totally understand it