Looking for 16.00 today-- sold the 16 straddle for 0.75. I expect it to be 15.80 - 16.00.
14.43 this month. I was abnormally busy Monday-Tuesday and didn't manage to trade it.
good deal. I took the opportunity to dump some Sept 14 Puts that were gathering dust on the back shelf, from a straddle trade of old.
I like it. Be mindful that Tuesday is the last trading day for the Jul. I believe the futures are automatically settled in cash according to...
Calendar spread, long july short aug?
I closed the AAPL 430 straddle today for about an 8% profit. Here is the kind of chart I use in TWS, which nicely plots the implied volatility...
There's no prediction here, other than it would not be unusual for the stock to pick up again over the summer and sell the spread for a profit....
And there is no "in the money" or "out of the money" until the expiration date, because the payoff is based solely upon the special opening...
The VIX reading which option payoff is based is called the special opening quote (SOQ). It is published within a few hours of the expiration...
^^ I got de-motivated from posting when a few days worth were knocked out by the ET software change/changeback, but obviously it worked out. :D...
Stops are insurance. Like all insurance, they cost money. It is very possible, easy actually, to doom a particular trading plan by...
:D 17.22 :D
First VIX quote of the day was 16.89
I am somewhat new to trading VIX options and futures spreads. I don't find that fly attractive because the near month seems to drop in value much...
Hello, just saw your thread. I have never traded a fly but it looks interesting. My personal opinion/feeling is that VIX 12-16 is over for now...
Options are the palette of the trade artist. Noobs use 'em and abuse 'em for leverage, in order to try and make some real money with a small...
I got the call spread, -17 +15 today for 1.45. Thus looking for 16.45+ tomorrow, max profit at 17.00. What's interesting to me is that the...
IB says "all in the money [VIX] options are automatically exercised by the OCC". That's rather nice of them.
IB is not showing anything for VRO. First VIX of the day was 13.45. My long calls aren't showing up in the option exercise screen so I'm a bit...
>13 today, please? I have the 10 - 13 call spread. Got it for $2.75 on Monday. Don't know if it's a sucker bet or not. Seems ok.
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