I know options, I know they're a gamble. you only lose what you put into a contract. the multiples depend on the Greek symbols in a contract (watch out for vega if the vix is elevated, that one takes all your money when the vix drops down to normal).
my primary account is on another brokerage and I play alot more safely. tomorrow I will either be at the bottom of the competition or way up. normally I can't do contracts that cost thousands of dollars. I guess...

so the trading pairs strategy where one offsets the other makes sense. they would balance each other out given the right proportion.
for me and I *may* be wrong. I would short software (such as nvda, crm, adbe). and I would go long on the volatility index as an etf (vixy or uvxy (triple leveraged) if you want to get risky. once again it may be bad advice and I take no responsibility whatsoever. all I know is volatility is at an all time low within the p...

I wanted to do straddles on earnings calls, but the most important part of doing an options play is looking up what the actual profits *should be* on an options profit calculator (Google it).
when you do a straddle option (simultaneously buying both a call and put option) one of those contracts WILL expire worthless for sure. so you need to make sure that the gain you will get will more than make up for it.
if you need more than a 10% gain to break even its probably not worth starting ...

one good way to separate noise from action is to look at how high a stock has moved on what current news.
for example (a bad example) I have heard apple stock moves up for a week or two before earnings. guess what happens on earnings? it drops!
this is a game of thought as well as following charts. Price action may precede it's catalyst (buy the rumor, sell the news)

I averaged into 3 different companies towards the end of October which I thought could be great long-term (but financially might need to grow a little)
I have traded didiy (formerly didi) in the past and made and lost money on it. Now not at all financial advice, but I looked up the Wikipedia on them and they are in alot of different countries (and apparently huge in mexico). I run under the assumption that most stocks have a bottom proce of a dollar, but it...

technical analysis is definitely for trading and I would use it for an entry point (or exit point if a stock ran up an unbelievable amount and I was trading)
fundamental analysis is the first step I would use to even determine whether or not to get into a stock in the first place. if the profit to earnings ratio is too high I would be hesitant to start a position in the first place as the price per share may fall
both methods have their place and time. however I would never put mo...

I hold amc. to be fair I got in at a lower price than most. the price action is quite wild weekly. I don't know if this battle is too rigged to be won,  however this game was always meant to be played with money you can afford to lose. I got in at 12 a share,  between the ape split and the normal shares there's very little loss.
I can't wait to wake up to a squeeze like so many stocks (other stocks) in late 2020. if I don't I'm sure it'll eventually be worth what I paid (as I got i...

I would like to be able to see the day's top gainers and losers at a glance. it would also be nice if they were broken down to premarket, market, and after hours

I think the best strategy is to have a split in your portfolio depending on how you want it to grow. You can have a portion which you would have in long-term assets or individual stocks. And you can have another portion which you dedicate to stocks that you expect quicker moves out of.
The quicker moves don't necessarily have to be larger moves. Day trading strategy is that if you get 1% a day your money will triple in a year. but on riskier ...