@Romeg were you able to enter an IC today (Mon 11-May) for a decent price? I looked at the spreads which were around the 2935-2940 (calls) and...
You can read reviews of this guy here, and decide (but the consensus seems to be that he is a scam) :...
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I think the limit may come with falling VIX. This strategy works great in high vol environments like now. But once normality returns to the...
@tradehawk, do you take on clients who live in the UK?
Romeg, I don't want to mention this publicly. I am trading very short term fly's on the SPX and....er....short term IC's. I'm still working my way...
^ Most sensible post of the day for me. Here, have a 'like'. Hope to read more of your contributions. I also day trade the SPX, but am not...
I actually took a slightly more delta negative one yesterday for 11.20Cr (25 wide) IC : [ATTACH]
Ironchef, not sure if you trade options - if you do, then you will be aware that spreads can be long positions (or short ones). A position can be...
What exactly are you doing? How is the BSM model helping you decide which stock, what strikes, what trade type, what DTE to chose? When to buy and...
@Doobs789 , any updates on the above two trades? Cheers
The best way to gauge the chances of a company going bankrupt is to be golf-buddies with one of the directors, or be a sleeping-partner...
Airplanes have wheels and cruise lines don't. Come on, get with the program ironchef :D
OP = easiest person to put on the ignore list. This thread is 2 mins of my life I will never get back. :-)
Poop Dick wrote - "It's none of your f***ing business." You're just showing yourself to be an immature, school-boy here. You obviously have...
You asked a very good question. I think the answer lies in your first para : In that expensive/cheap is relative. If your ATM vol of 50 is...
This looks good. The only slight concern is if the SPX opens up another 50 points tomorrow - how would you adjust in that situation? Move the put...
I would like to know the answer to this too. I would love to see a trade where the use of these second order Greeks helped to increase the...
It comes from a strange and unusual source called - practical experience. :) It's nothing to do with butterflies as such - it's a general...
How about using a simple formula of : "expensiveness" = [price of ATM straddle]/[stock price] and express it as a percentage. You'll be...
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