I was trying to clarify for MathAndLogic that it was chess you were referring to, not the medical community at UCSF. Unless, of course, you were...
USCF not UCSF. Maybe spin lives on Parnassus?
Spot on.
spin, Exactly. Now just adapt your usual triggers to also consider vol. As you can tell, it's a stance that takes patience. One more...
Spin, You'll have to take risk somewhere, so I'm not suggesting anything magical, but rather positioning your inventory to take advantage of...
Walt, Re: your straddles/backspreads. Look at placing your backspreads in a deferred month, with the short strikes nearer ATM such that there...
I start out small enough to be able to add continually to the position when it moves against me. The additional long wingstrikes are the key to...
Whoa, little fella, settle down. Gamma scalping, hedging, flattening deltas-all of these phrases describe the same intention for your position,...
As MTE points out, use the underlying to flatten. As time goes by, you can reduce your short gamma with the appropriate long verticals. No need...
I routinely do this, but not without long wingstrikes as protection. Scalping negative gamma is essentially flattening deltas at some trigger of...
If you buy nickel long wingstrikes for your short puts and calls, you've set yourself up to trade naked short puts and calls. I'm not promoting...
The long puts are used to secure a structured product offering by the counterparty.
Modestly short delta, modestly long vega, theta positive.
My post is simply addressing your supposition that a put spread results in a superior trade over the same strike call spread when the underlying...
The call time spread is worth more than the same-strike put spread. You had proposed that a decrease in spot, coupled with an increase in vol...
The video is a great idea. Let us know where you post and we'll tune in. I know it's been said before, but to all new traders: study this...
What's a high-end carwash?
I doubt any non-professional trader who lacks extensive experience in financial engineering could both recognize and then successfully trade any...
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