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Strategies & Market Trends : Calls and Puts for Income -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Robohogs who wrote (4829)	2/21/2011 5:22:01 PM
From: dealmakr	Respond to of 5891

"The main reason i have not used portfolio margining is the forced risk control of less margin" jon, Portfolio margin in the account gives you access to more margin capability not less and you then have to be real careful of not getting into trouble by being overleveraged. The account is stress tested for volatility and around a 15% move up or down and margin is then adjusted, also there is a minimum account valuation applied and the account has to be approved. Here is some info on porfolio margin; nyse.com On a lot of the higher percentage trades that I put on mostly NP's for income, will go out in timeframe as far as 6-9 months, lower percentage trades like weeklies close to the strikes are shorter durations. When trying to do the trades on stocks like BRCD, I try for putting on and adjusting positions every month for income until the risks to me outweigh the rewards. KLIC @ 5-6 was a much better play and could put on a larger position more comfortably than KLIC @10, so out it went and the next batter will come to the plate, theres always another player. One thing about the market is that it has a very unforgiving nature when it comes to being right or wrong, the market is always right at that particular point in time. Profits or losses can come from your own vision of the future, so give your glasses a wipe, clean your computer screen, turn on some good tunes, grab a bourbon(only after market hours of course) and be flexible in your thinking. So try and post some trades when you do them. Good Trading dealmakr