you see don't look at a butterfly profit graph soley at expiration.. if the market doesn't move greatly in a few days you will quickly see profit...
i think i just need to practice neutralizing gamma
have you read any other books that stuck out in your head.. I read the misbehavior of markets by mandelbrot.. and a plethora of other books all...
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Sorry my spelling is off im on a tablet...
i jumped into things when i first started trading options and i never did it again.. A good five thousand dollar loss in one trade makes for an...
To rephrase... my thoughts for buying an at the money call was to cut the cost of the trade.... so basically I would have a ratio 1x2 and hedge...
i haven't had much success with calenders.. maybe i'm not spacing the months out correctly and not selling enough volatility compared to what i'm...
Again my thoughts... find some leaps .. put a long vol trade in either a strangle, straddle, or a wrangle..
and this site has the the most straight forward explanation of most strategies http://www.theoptionsguide.com/
oh another good book.. a must read a quick simple to the point overview of options market making......
from the simpliest of books from Mcmillian http://www.amazon.com/McMillan-Options-Second-Wiley-Trading/dp/0471678759 to more more complex...
all you guys are talking about is this argument about a huge difference in the opinions of many investors... the truth always comes out in the...
yeah thats what i guess what i was kinda getting at.. to me the bottom line is.. is identifying which options to sell that are way over priced...
ive tried earnings options trades several different ways.. bottom line is your speculating on a implied volality implosion or your hoping that...
thanks for the imput... you don't know what its like immersing yourself in all this stuff in the middle of Florida.. where everyone for one...
what your saying atticus is EXACTLY what i have always thought... i literally have a book full of ratio back spreads... short one call long two.....
so what your saying is i should trade in the complete other direction.. long vol by buying a put and trading in the underlying? not exactly that...
ok.. i have 20k account.. haha you guys are now talking way out of my league! just to ask you guys since you seem all to be in some form or...
i totally agree.... holding up failing countries and reducing volatility (buying the bottom out of crashes and depressions) only leads to super...
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