My concern if I felt forced to change is the Analyze Tab in TOS- I don't see any of these brokers mentioning that type capability. Also TOS...
How about this trade in IWM (or could be done in other broad based ETFs): Buy 15 Jan09 77 IWM PUTS Buy 10 JAN09 82 IWM PUTS SELL 5 JAN08 74...
I'll answer my own question in case anyone else wants to know in the future. The VIX closed today at 20.05 the 20 calls still have 0.45 in...
Anyone here trade VIX options to expiration? I am wondering how much time value OTM options lose the last day of trading? For example, VIX is at...
No, you lose 2 points if GOOG is at or below 470; make 8 points if GOOG at or above 480, and breakeven at 472.
TOS pays 1.5%- I would not consider that close to IB @ 5%, although it looks like IB only pays interest if you have a $10k or greater cash balance.
Mech, To set this up in TOS, first select a 4 legged spread like a Double Diagonal. Then click on Double Diagonal and change that field to...
I was looking to open some calendars today and I noticed the new Feb options volatility was about 8% higher the the Jans. As of about 10:15 this...
His strategy is more than married puts- he combines them with selling calls or other strategies, just substituting the married put for the long...
Any thoughts on the viability of http://radioactive.websitewizard.com/sketch.html ?
In looking at it further, XLE ATM Theta is .05 while OIH is .15. So more of the theta has bled out of the XLE position, causing the higher gamma...
XLE's ATM Nov Puts have a gamma of 0.20 compared to OIH ATM Puts have a gamma of 0.06. Why the big difference? OIH has an IV of 32 while XLE is...
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