Thanks Coach regarding the papertrade, now it makes sense to me! I think I just need to remember papertrading is a lot more forgiving than the...
It time was Pacific Standard and the bid/ask info are all on the transaction attachment. As you can see from the transactions, the options were...
Okay, the result of my 1st papertrade last Friday really confuses me. I used TOS, please see the attached transactions. My question is since...
Thanks much for the explanation, it is making more and more sense to me now....
Don't want to get off topic, just wondering if Bear Call spread a better strategy than Bull Put spread in a bear market?
Thanks Coach, appreciate your time! I am doing a lot of reading on my own and started my 1st papertrade with TOS and download TOS desktop...
Don't mean to get too ahead of myself here, however, the SPX has been going down since 2007 and the economy is getting worse.... seems Bear Call...
Thanks for the info, I will check these out. I am really appreciative of so many people's willingness to help!
Got it, thanks! Now I understand why selling OTM Puts is better because of the low delta and time decay both work in your favor.
Thanks for the illustration. Question: The $20 strike with delta .92 - is saying there is a 92% probably that the stock will trade ITM by...
Thanks for the explanation. On the Puts side, delta for deeper ITM approaching -1, and deeper OTM approaching zero? delta (+/-) 0.5 ATM...
Please ignore my earlier question, I believe you already answered it, thanks.
This is where I get lost, how about if you get assigned?
Thanks Coach. You hit it right on the nail, I use delta a in the past but the other ones, I know them on an intellectual level, but have no...
Sure.... I am ready to get started!
I appreciate all the inputs, however, I don't really need lectures on how clueless newbies are, and it will take x number of years to make any...
So the next question is how effective is a bull put spread. Can someone offer a real life example of: Actual max lost from a bull put spread...
I know Greeks from what I read on investorpedia, but never applied them. Just a background of my trading history and myself. I've got a math...
Thanks for the info, I will check it out. I heard many good thing about TOS, I currently do papertrade with CBOE but will switch to TOS for...
Any recommendation of a good modeling/risk options analysis software?
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