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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William H Huebl who wrote (77048)	10/7/2007 5:17:11 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

>On what with what parameters? < You had mentioned that your indicator was close to flatline for some time now. I've seen several indicators that expect a sudden movement after a calm period. "coiling" for instance. GZ=buy or sell wiggles. BB bands contracting. many others. all are a calm before a storm, so to speak. >Unless you are short in options, you need to hit that 25% right on the nose to make money?< sell high and buy low. volatility that is. If the VIX is low enough, then it makes sense to buy. Best time is during that "calm." Never betting the whole boat. High VIX and with wide BB? .. then short puts and calls at the same time. Or NOT .. signed broke fool (more on topic)