Tuesday, July 14, 2009

[TheOptionClub.com] Re: Poll: Stops on Spreads



TD Ameritrade just bought ThinkorSwim, see if you can get on that platform. I've been with TOS for 2 1/2 yrs..stops on spreads fairly easy to set. David

--- In OptionClub@yahoogroups.com, rvd <rvdidit@...> wrote:
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> I dont.
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> In fact TD Ameritrade doesn't even have a way to put one on.
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> I like alerts because I cant watch everything all the time.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: cguy444 <carmelo5791@...>
> To: OptionClub@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:51:33 AM
> Subject: [TheOptionClub.com] Poll: Stops on Spreads
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> I believe this came up briefly in the past, but I was hoping we could reiterate this.
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> Question: "Do you use stops on your spread trades?"
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> I have been using stops; and I've been stopped out on a couple of positions where it would have been better to have no stop in place as the price reverted back promptly. I took a loss and didn't have to.
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> Thanks for the input!
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> Carmelo
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