Quote (SBD @ Dec 16 2020 12:37pm)
I have personally not had the intuition to look heavily into options or more advanced trading strategies. Our Canadian platforms are not great. The platform I am using is $11 dollars commission per contract. Which to me is absurd if I am going to play options. I might have to look at Questtrade.
Wow that is absolutely ridiculous.
The only reason I'm investing at all is because we have no commission platforms. Basically I'm pulling options that I can be reasonably confident will end the week in my favor, and then doing day trades to skim off the top as the underlying asset fluctuates.
So I have 200 shares of AAL at 17.01 average. Sold a call expiring 12/18 with strike of $18 at $47 yesterday. Bought it back today at 33, and resold at 39. So scalped 6 off the top to reduce my AAL basis to 16.95, and if it finishes the week below $18 I'll have further reduced it to $16.48. Wash rinse repeat week after week. If it moons and I get assigned, I win. If it drops and I keep selling calls to reduce my basis, I mitigate risk. As long as it doesn't tank so low so fast that I get screwed hard, I win.
Still working with small potatoes, but adding every month and making money every month.
Not possible to do that with an absolutely ridiculous trading fee like you have. I probably wouldn't be doing any investing outside of long term buy and hold with those fees lol. Good on you for making it work .
This post was edited by Thor123422 on Dec 16 2020 12:45pm