Comments on: Horrible Bid/Ask Spreads http://phantasmix.com/horrible-bidask-spreads.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=horrible-bidask-spreads Trading stocks and options -- contact @ phantasmix.com Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phantasmix http://phantasmix.com/horrible-bidask-spreads.html/comment-page-1#comment-2496 Phantasmix Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:33:22 +0000 http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=1083#comment-2496 I wasn't using stops since Tuesday this week. I really like trailing stops but even with a generous "safety margin" they kept being taken out too early. It was a total whipsaw. Since I'm hedged with SSO right now I'm not that worried about stops anyway. I wasn’t using stops since Tuesday this week. I really like trailing stops but even with a generous “safety margin” they kept being taken out too early. It was a total whipsaw.

Since I’m hedged with SSO right now I’m not that worried about stops anyway.

]]> By: R http://phantasmix.com/horrible-bidask-spreads.html/comment-page-1#comment-2490 R Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:41:12 +0000 http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=1083#comment-2490 One of the basic rules is: don't trade intraday/swing in the expiration days. MM are hunting allways your stops by a theory of conspiration. It's heavy reason for many traders to place their stops on paper, in Excel or somewhere else :) One of the basic rules is: don’t trade intraday/swing in the expiration days.
MM are hunting allways your stops by a theory of conspiration.
It’s heavy reason for many traders to place their stops on paper, in Excel or somewhere else :)

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