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  1. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Well if I bought an AA Long Calendar it would have had a bearish bias at the 9 strike, so I did a double diagonal instead: Sold 10 July 10...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Journals

  2. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    For the delta neutral long calendar, it's still negative at -$1364. The only positive is that AAPL volatility has been steadily rising, up to...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 7, 2009 in forum: Journals

  3. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Hey mike, yes I want to play volatility, but it obviously has more elements to it...for example with reverse (short) calendars an important...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 7, 2009 in forum: Journals

  4. TWS & Java eating memory

    Yes, Quotetracker for the win. Use the the FAQ/Help function on the quotetracker website for getting proper tickers.
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 6, 2009 in forum: Retail Brokers

  5. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Hey SpreadSeller, thanks for the words of encouragement :) These next two months will definitely be all about understanding options better...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 5, 2009 in forum: Journals

  6. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Earnings season is coming up. Alcoa (AA) kicks us off Wednesday the 8th. I've been backtesting entering long calendars (short frontmonth, long...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 4, 2009 in forum: Journals

  7. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    The short calendar (long August, short October) got hammered today. The greeks were right about negative vega! lol. It's showing a loss of...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 3, 2009 in forum: Journals

  8. Anybody trades options without any greek letter?

    Naked long calls/puts on a short time frame as pure directional plays can probably be done if you understand the leverage and risks of being naked...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  9. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    OK, with the strong selloff today the current values are: SPY Dec 09 107 Put = 18.825 18.825 - 17.15 = Gain of +$1,675 SPY Jul 09 90 Put...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 3, 2009 in forum: Journals

  10. Whether an options writer or buyer has better edge? Why?

    There is a lot of discussion about this by the option greats of ET, including Mav74, riskarb, etc. in the archives. Good lengthy discussions...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jul 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  11. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    SPY chart, near term. Note, I don't have much TA skills or anything like that, so you don't indicators, channels, lines, etc. but I'm working on...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 30, 2009 in forum: Journals

  12. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    SPY Chart, long term outlook.
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 30, 2009 in forum: Journals

  13. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Alright well I'm still working with these calendar spreads, was up all night manually backtesting. Going to expand it out to RIMM and others, and...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 30, 2009 in forum: Journals

  14. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Oh, okay. What I'm doing right now is searching for a volatility holy grail: long vol, no directional risk. I guess this is what most n00bs do,...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 30, 2009 in forum: Journals

  15. any interesting options ideas now?

    Is IV Trader still around? I've been reading lots of his old posts in the archives, good stuff. I wonder what he would think about the current...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Options

  16. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Hey atticus, thanks for the first reply! Did you determine the position will get killed just from looking at the greeks? If not, what then? :)
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Journals

  17. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    note for reference: August 150 Vol: 34.84% October 150 Vol: 34.80%
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Journals

  18. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Hey there!! So, I ordered Natenberg's Volatility book on Amazon yesterday. This should be a blast to read!! Funny how before I read on...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Journals

  19. Option Spread Trader, New Beginning

    Ok the more I look at this, I think the position is fubar. Although the overall greeks are long vega, individually i'm short vega in august (when...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 25, 2009 in forum: Journals

  20. Black Swan

    Some people did this in the legendary journal, SPX Credit Spread Trader. Indeed, premium is less and much closer to the money than you would want...
    Post by: Kedwards, Jun 25, 2009 in forum: Options
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