I have strong bearish sentiment on many eft's and would like to choose a strategy between shorting the stocks or buying puts. The issues with...
It is bad that I had to do this but IB keeps the workings of portfolio margin 'proprietary'. I can't find anything useful in the documentation and...
I sold a bunch of strangles and am concerned that the volatility may surge. I want to use VIX to hedge against a sudden vol change. I found the...
ETFs may distribute dividends and capital gains, which should lower the share prices. Because the option holder receives none of those, when that...
When my short call became ITM on expiry day, I thought I would buy to close the position. But the ask price price was 1% over the intrinsic value....
I am trying to compare ratio backspreads vs naked long options. It easier to work on puts since puts have an upper bound for the gain that is the...
When we see quotes in bid/ask, there is something not show. I have got prices better than the bid/ask, that is, between them, with no delay. For...
Hey gurus out there, What is the name of the option strategy that on a P&L diagram looks like a W, or a butterfly with wings tilting up? You get...
Reading the book The Option Trader Handbook for adjustments for short strangle and got disappointed as the book says that there is nothing you can...
What happens if you buy or write options on an underlying and then it disappears, is delisted, or simply stops trading? FAS is about to get a...
I'd like to share my experience with portfolio margin on short options and solicit yours. What I learned recently, to my surprise, is that PM...
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