Most of the time its probably better not to exercise and just sell the options in the market somewhere before expiration. There's theta in these...
what you really should use (not possible for most private investors-because they have to exercise before the close) is what you are going to guess...
what options are you really talking abuot, i'm talking equity options
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thanks for the info, problem is, I was customer of e-signal about a year ago, dont think the free trial is possible then anymore. Nevertheless...
Does anybody know of some software to backtest chartpatterns in bunds. This will probably mean some subscription somewhere to a chartprogram for a...
i meant the short intrest rate future.
def pointed the short version of the solution out: the theoretical pricing. I was jumping allready a step or two ahead. Try to make some...
bluehorsshoe answered allready alot about the question: financial futures spreads are basically a play on intrest rates (yes its more difficult...
you are missing a lot ! Better check some things out, too hard and too long to start explaining here, the bottemline is, its just not worth it.
it's obvious you haven't done this: i have, its your worst nightmare i can assure you. And the results were even good ... so you can imagine ....
this might be true for mm-groups, but not if they are locals.
three words: don't do it ! nothing is as bad as trading for family, friends is a close second.
this is the kind of thread you want to see if you're long puts. :D :D :D
you dont buy the stock, just the call basic option principle: stock + long put = long call (its a bit more complicated than that with div, i...
if you buy at-the-moneys, it should make no difference, it's in the price, otherwise the arb could be done.
you have a point, but you might as well just buy the calls then, it should be just the same.
ok, things are starting to get a bit more complicated now. first i have to remark that the dividend will be priced into the puts, so i guess you...
hmmm, your long the stock, short the put, the fact of suddenly not paying the dividend will surely make the stock tank, so you lose on both sides...
oops, we have a problem, we don't have enough money to pay the high dividend anymore from this year on .... oops, i have a problem with my option...
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