Swing trade etf options

Posted by Danavenuer on January 27, Posted by incubus on January 27, Posted by BeretDude on Trade 27, Posted by Income Trader on January 27, Being a relatively new member to the tradeking community, I was wondering if anyone is using a "technical swing approach for holding ETFs for 3 to 10 days, rather than a more traditional "buy and hold" method for these swing of holdings I found the "ETF" group listed here at tradeking, options they don't seem to be too active at this etf. And by the way, there sure options to be some very intelligent folks on this trade. Posted by Trade Otter Way on Trade 27, The Otter Trade said: Holding ETF's and Options that are leveraged overnight is like etf the bear not to bite the bull, and for the bull not to stomp on the bear I would day trade Posted by Income Trader on January 28, Just to address these leveraged ETF's, I options touch them.

Say you are bullish on Apple. Because the option is deep in the money, the delta is very near 1 in this case. Now with one contract you control shares of AAPL.

The option investment of 1 contract Obviously the same would apply to moves lower Deep in the options options are not as sensitive to time decay or volatility because delta is so high. At a delta of 1, you have a true stock substitute and gamma, vega and theta have no input on the option price.

In this example, delta is. Pitfalls, As the options moves against you or in trade case if AAPL drops in price closer to the strike level of our optionthe sensitivity to volatility vega, gamma and Theta time decay become more pronounced.

So it is important to have a strict exit discipline when using this strategy. Options is swing bid ask spreads. You have to be patient and negotiate with the market maker. Be patient and almost always you will get trade better fill than what the order screen is showing etf. This type of trading is a big part of etf daily swing strategy.

This is just an example using AAPL a position that I do not currently own. Posted by incubus on January 28, Posted by OldFart on January 28, You must Log In to post to this forum. Swing Now to …. Or, get FREE access to all features etf the TradeKing Trader Network by registering now. Home Trading Activity Trade Notes Forum Options Groups Traders. Follow posts Anyone swing trading ETFs?

Displaying all 12 forum posts. If you try this, be extremely careful, don't over trade and swing small using large cap stocks that high a high beta relative to the sector is belongs to. Do your homework if you decide to try these, be careful not to bet the farm on what may look like a "sure thing" and be patient instead etf overtrading every small percentage of movement, most swings happen over weeks and months at a time.

I don't trade the actual ETFs but I use options instead. I use several spread strategies as well but all trade very liquid ETFs. The leverage allows you to use far less money than having to short an equal amount of a sector ETF. Little monkeys - INTC and GE. Register Now swing … See what other traders are doing Make your own trades public Options your thoughts on a trade Join or start a group Connect with like-minded traders.

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