That's what I'm trying to figure out. As I mentioned previously, I'm probably going to have to capture the details of a number of puts over the...
I'd like to revisit this question but I'm not sure how to ask it. Suppose I own appreciated stock. It's now at $66 and I have a target sell...
Sorry for the naive question but is Payment For Order Flow the same as Maker/Taker fees? Or are they separate entities?
I wonder if someone is actually going to take the time to run the same trades sumultaneously. And even if done, how do you know that the fill on...
Thanks for your feedback. I've been with IB for 20 years. I place my trades and I get my fills. I never looked further than that so I know...
I beg to differ. They always cooperate in the Simulator :->)
Interactive Brokers just announced that they will be introducing IBKR in October with no commission trading. The fine print says that orders...
The answer to that is always known at expiration :->) The distance in strikes is a trade off between risk and reward. - The closer the strikes,...
A collar is synthetically equal to a vertical. If the defined boundaries of a vertical are acceptable, you're good to go. If you don't like...
You are not charged margin interest on options. Short options have a margin requirement at all times and that disappears when the position...
Selecting a put hedge involves several trade offs. It's like home insurance. If you use a select a higher put strike, you pay more for the hedge...
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It's good advice but to get a credit, there has to be enough time decay in the intial put sold. It also requires that you have the opportunity to...
Options can be assigned at any time but that's not likely if there is time premium remaining because exercising throws away the time premium. An...
There are several factors at play here. The B/A spread on these puts is wide so minor price movements can easily be swallowed up within it. As...
Yes, dividends are already priced in. What I'm trying to figure out is that if I have a somewhat delta neutral long stock collared position and...
I collar many of my equity positions and I am comfortable and adept at managing and adjusting the positions as price changes so I'm not asking for...
It's not how big it is but how much it's moving against you. If you're long the option, on the right side of the move and you have the margin to...
AFAIC, the primary reason for selling a naked put is to acquire a stock that you want to own at a lower price. Other than that, the R/R is...
If all of your puts are exercised, you'll buy $100k worth of stock. However, you received premium for the short puts so your acquisition cost...
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