Don't know the lingo: street gamma? individual stock gamma?
Well, I won't argue with the "is the return too high" part, but the comment about the volatility of the P & L is something I wanted to know about....
Here's my thought. Sell expensive IV puts on cheap stocks (or ones that have recently been clobbered - but are basing). Create a deversified...
Well, I probably have more thoughts on the responses so far. But my observation is either that I am incredibly naive to believe the prop firms...
OK. Thank you. Another dumb question. Why is the minimum that you specify so high, when I see that IB, for instance, has a lower margin...
Didn't really answer my question, now, did you? I was afraid of this. After having read these forums for awhile, it's clear that 95% of these...
Question: What are the best remote options-focused prop firms that will let you trade your own strategy? I'll admit it. I'm new to this world...
Yes, Mysticman, I have changed my position a little bit on pos. vs neg. dispersion. I've tried neg dispersion a few months, and can definitely...
My two cents worth: Remember here that we're trying to do a tricky thing. We want a basket of stocks, like IV says, that provides a balance of...
Pro's and Egar are definitely advocating more than 15 or 20 names. They somethjing like 40% of names(!!). Perhaps that does seem like a little...
The reason the +dispersion did not make intuitive sense was a just a blind spot in my understanding of options. More education, including a...
So by your way of thinking, IV Trader, a reverse dispersion should never be done? Is there any conditions where you think it does make sense?...
Actually wish I'd found the ET forum before I started trading this strategy. In some ways it has opened my eyes to the nuances that have been...
Hi everyone, I have been lurking around this forum for about a month. I'm very new to options., although I've been "noodling them" for a few...
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