Recent Content by Skirtchaser

  1. Selling Weekly iron condors

    I frequently do weekly calendars on SPY, IWM, and XLE since they have the one point strikes. Lots of flexible ways to trade around these.
    Post by: Skirtchaser, Mar 10, 2011 in forum: Options

  2. Every Week Is Expiry Week With New Weekly Options!

    Weeklys for stocks that trade for less than $10 makes no sense to me. Or for normally slow moving stocks such as GE and BAC. I guess the...
    Post by: Skirtchaser, Mar 5, 2011 in forum: Options

  3. Trading weeklys

    Anyone in here trade weekly calendars? I haven't put it down on paper just yet, but let's say buy an Oct SPY 110 call, then sell weekly calls...
    Thread by: Skirtchaser, Aug 21, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Options

  4. ^RUT Cash settled Index option question

    Been burned by a strange open a couple of times. You think you are safe, and usually are, but those Friday openings can be a surprise when you...
    Post by: Skirtchaser, Aug 20, 2010 in forum: Options

  5. (almost) riskless strategy ?

    You will win most of the time. But the one time you lose due to a huge gap up or gap down, it will wipe out your six months in a row of wins.
    Post by: Skirtchaser, Aug 20, 2010 in forum: Options

  6. SPY Options

    I just recently noticed the Weeklys on SPY, IWM, DIA. Going to make calendar trading much more fun and interesting.
    Post by: Skirtchaser, Jun 12, 2010 in forum: Options

  7. quarterly options

    Quarterlies are just another opportunity to bring in some premium. I never play them until the last week before expiration. Then I will try to...
    Post by: Skirtchaser, May 15, 2009 in forum: Options