Could be wrong, but sometimes a way in-the-money option can have a wide bid/ask or last price that throws off the model on TOS. Happens more with...
Hate to add to the confusion but, if I'm not mistaken thinkorswim does not model VIX options correctly....the theoretical pricing of all VIX...
Funny, I need an FX backup in case IB goes down and always liked Oanda...
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Think he means he wrote it in the book the OP is referring to.
school, as in, college.
First week, nothing realized except some small FX losses. Eur/usd was pretty silent. The graphic might be weird unless you use IB, it basically...
On bigmike's forum there's a lengthy thread explaining this, look for the 'PC-Span' thread.
I think you should trade simulated so you can see some adverse market situations. Go live after you've seen enough "oh shit, that wouldn't have...
It will be profitable at expiration if the stock stayed flat or kept going higher from the time you bought the underlying, yes. But, more than...
Unless there's been a lot of decay in the option price (time decay or decrease in volatility), more than likely the option you sold will have an...
Everyone buying insurance. But to them it could just be a 'cost' of holding long stocks/indices, and not a 'losing trade'.
In the latest interview she said they handle each side (puts and calls) separately, which would explain how they made $50 mill last year in a...
Ha, no otherwise they would have allocated to Karen the supertrader and called it a day...or maybe they already did...
Haven't seen any threads on them lately, they were probably asked to be a vendor or gtfo. Curious if anyone here is with them and what your...
Price action, t/a, long/short volatility. Mainly this will be a p/l journal. I'll be at two diff brokers, optionsxpress and IB. I'll try to get a...
She said 2011 was a good year for her, and VIX did get in the 40's. So, honestly this makes me think all the short vola guys are being setup...
+1, also, is there going to be another round of backing? :D Their forum link is down, I'm wondering where do they communicate? Outside of the...
Watched her tastytrade interview after reading about her elsewhere...it's kind of scary really, she's like optioncoach on steroids. If you don't...
For whatever reason I got cold feet and did not want to hold through NFP, so I closed out yesterday morning right after Draghi's press conference....
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