Recent Content by MechTrade

  1. Beginner asks: Sell a Call Spread? Buy a Put Spread?

    Hello MTE. The whole thread has been pretty mundane except for your quote above. What is the issue related to using the Analyze Tab in ToS?...
    Post by: MechTrade, Mar 9, 2010 in forum: Options

  2. Inexpensive provider for historical intraday option data?

    I have a ?4U... Assuming you had the data, how would you backtest? What software would you use? What benefit would intraday tick level data...
    Post by: MechTrade, Dec 31, 2009 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  3. Predicting HV - Thoughts on a Trading Model

    Jeez DMO... I have to admit that even I understand that..., and I'll NEVER claim to have a professional-level understanding of options. But in...
    Post by: MechTrade, Nov 21, 2009 in forum: Options

  4. Bid/Ask Spread Question

    Uhhhh... Bubba Gump here... 3.95 bid!
    Post by: MechTrade, Nov 5, 2009 in forum: Options

  5. Bid/Ask Spread Question

    Hey DMO... That is the explanation I needed. You just put the hay down where the goats can get to it! Some people don't mind haggling while...
    Post by: MechTrade, Nov 4, 2009 in forum: Options

  6. Bid/Ask Spread Question

    Thanks for another great reply. You made it easy to see how other MM's jump in and make better B/A's (both sides simultaneously) which creates...
    Post by: MechTrade, Nov 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  7. Bid/Ask Spread Question

    Thanks DMO for a very thoughtful answer. It was my (mistaken) impression that it was in the MM's financial interest to maintain reasonable B/A...
    Post by: MechTrade, Nov 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  8. Bid/Ask Spread Question

    You completely misunderstood the post. My EOD database is of the underlying equities, NOT the Options. The data is good. The B/A spreads I...
    Post by: MechTrade, Nov 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  9. Bid/Ask Spread Question

    I maintain an EOD database of selected optionable equities. The main criteria for inclusion into my database include the following: *...
    Thread by: MechTrade, Nov 3, 2009, 15 replies, in forum: Options

  10. Amzn Options!!

    Hey... You make a trade and you win or you lose! It is YOUR trade and it will be YOUR profit or loss. So why get so damned Ill-tempered at...
    Post by: MechTrade, Oct 26, 2009 in forum: Options

  11. drys earnings plays

    Curious that DRYS Nov 7 Call IV is 10 points below Dec 7 Call. Since earnings are coming out in early Nov shouldn't Nov IV be greater than Dec?...
    Post by: MechTrade, Oct 19, 2009 in forum: Options

  12. Iron Condor on Interactive Brokers

    Nobody wants to pay a penny more in commissions than they have to. And the smaller your account size, the more important the transaction fees are....
    Post by: MechTrade, Oct 16, 2009 in forum: Options

  13. Iron Condor on Interactive Brokers

    This was one of the *many* reasons I switched to ToS from IB. From memory... you have to build the IC order a leg at a time using a generic...
    Post by: MechTrade, Oct 16, 2009 in forum: Options

  14. The Perfect Option position

    Hey DMO, Sorry to Quote you a 2nd time, but there was something familiar about your comments about managing complex options position(s) by...
    Post by: MechTrade, Sep 18, 2009 in forum: Options