Recent Content by Matache

  1. Managing of long puts/calls in vertical spreads

    Thank you! That helped me. Usually I go by "feel" (and a few macro indicators), but what do people do to get a grasp of future price/vol movements?
    Post by: Matache, Apr 15, 2023 in forum: Options

  2. Managing of long puts/calls in vertical spreads

    I see. Thank you again. That would require a significantly sharp drop though. Extraordinary large losses could be avoided by buying a lower delta...
    Post by: Matache, Apr 13, 2023 in forum: Options

  3. Managing of long puts/calls in vertical spreads

    Thank you for clarifying. You mean the short puts will lose 10x value? The stop loss limit will be triggered. but your saying if the market drops...
    Post by: Matache, Apr 13, 2023 in forum: Options

  4. Managing of long puts/calls in vertical spreads

    Sorry, I don't understand?
    Post by: Matache, Apr 13, 2023 in forum: Options

  5. Managing of long puts/calls in vertical spreads

    Greetings, Usually I am trading vertical (credit) spreads and long iron condors (that will put me in the intermediate options trader's bracket I...
    Thread by: Matache, Apr 13, 2023, 9 replies, in forum: Options

  6. Skew you! :-D

    What do you think of SPY, GLD, XLE, EEM and TLT as 5 ETFs that are not too much correlated? Any other ideas on Etfs with liquid options (and share...
    Post by: Matache, Apr 11, 2023 in forum: Options

  7. Skew you! :-D

    Thank you. It is more important for iron condors and (atm) iron butterflies, isn't it?
    Post by: Matache, Apr 10, 2023 in forum: Options

  8. Skew you! :-D

    Thank you very much for taking the time to reply! That was very helpful!
    Post by: Matache, Apr 10, 2023 in forum: Options

  9. Skew you! :-D

    Other ideas for less (or even negative) correlation?
    Post by: Matache, Apr 10, 2023 in forum: Options

  10. Skew you! :-D

    Yeah I try to keep correlation as low as possible by also trading GLD or TLT. But sure, SPY and QQQ and to some extend also IWM are strongly (0.6...
    Post by: Matache, Apr 10, 2023 in forum: Options

  11. Skew you! :-D

    Hi guys and gals, I am trading options for 1–2 years now. Started out with Cash secured puts and covered calls. Nowadays, I am trading vertical...
    Thread by: Matache, Apr 9, 2023, 9 replies, in forum: Options