I sleep well at night. No, this isn’t a non-sequitur; it actually is relevant to my trading. Bear with me while I get to the point in my customary roundabout way… I recently had the misfortune to have to change doctors. My first encounter with my new doctor started with him asking whether I traded […]
Cynthia Sarver
To Trade, or Not to Trade…
…that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles… Actually, Shakespeare could very well have been writing about trading while on vacation. (FYI, there is no evidence to the contrary.) It seems like no matter what […]
Trading Enough, And Time…
I recently had the honor of being selected as Trader of the Month (got The Hat!) and was asked a really excellent question at the end of the webinar. Alas, my response was mediocre. Happily, I have this opportunity to expand upon my thoughts and hopefully redeem myself. The question was how did I define […]
Trust U
It’s time to set the record straight. My name is Cynthia and I’m an engineer. (Greek chorus: Hello, Cynthia.) Okay, I’ll grant it’s been an awfully long time since I’ve done any true engineering (fixing the ice maker in the refrigerator doesn’t count, does it?) but it’s the way I think and it’s completely […]
What’s the Best Trade? aka, Earning a Red Feather Boa
Last weekend I was dancing burlesque on a stage… Now, without cheating and googling, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that probably no one has ever started their options trading blog with this sentence. It’s actually relevant, though, so stay with me here a bit. (SFW!) I am not a dancer […]
Connecting ThinkOrSwim to Excel Part 4 of 4 – Finale
Written and contributed by Rich Kaczmarek If you go back to Part 1, the very first sentence you read was: You can’t beat a spreadsheet for turning big chunks of data into actionable information. Over the course of this article, we’ve reviewed different mechanisms which allow ThinkOrSwim to communicate with Excel, written equations that use […]