The link below is a post done by NPR back in Q3 2012 regarding the debt of the average US household....
While vol skew still remains relatively cheap on the back month options, this long gamma long vega strategy is going to kill you when it comes to...
Can't comment on using LiveVolX as a brokerage firm. However I did want to say it's nice seeing a fellow trance listener who trades options....
Hey ETers, For those you who use IB in your option trading endeavors how do you see the individual risk graph of various spreads in a given...
Livevol Pro for about $100/month shows all major option block trades as they are executed. http://www.livevol.com/
Thanks for the information and link. Seems my initial hunch on the stock price distribution may be the underlying cause for disparity. I do recall...
There's some solid volume in the SPX weeklies unless you're some huge player who trades over 1000 contracts/day (doubtful but hey never know - see...
I assume you mean should one purchase puts or calls? why not just play the vol and buy a straddle or strangle? Some nonsense report I got from...
Thanks Nazz I love your emotes :D 1.) Wholeheartedly agree. 2.) Seems reasonable. 3.) Usually the the way TOS calculates IV values is by...
Rodney, Thanks for the reply. I did plug in the values and got roughly the same market prices on the montage so I'm confident in my broker's...
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Hey ETers, I pulled up a quote on one of the more volatile stocks of the day, Amarin PLC (AMRN), and saw something peculiar which puzzled me...
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