What's medium to long term? Weeks, months, years?
OCC has an automatic exericse threshold of $0.25 ITM, which means that all options that are more than $0.25 ITM at expiry will be exericsed...
I realize that English may not be your first language, but try to explain in different words or in more than one sentence. As I said before,...
I don't understand what you're trying to say here! What do you mean by "People don't want to increase them gain/loss?" What kind of a...
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What is a contract? Go to www.cboe.com and look in Glossary. The volume on IBM options is only 300-9000 a day is because they don't trade...
What is volium? :)
FDA announcements suffer from exactly the same problem as earnings - the volatility drop. All in all, I'd say there's a 50-50 chance of profit...
ATM options have a Delta of 0.5 not 1. Only deep ITM options have Deltas that are close to 1 (-1 for puts). So it must be one hell of a move in...
milstar, I have to disagree with you on Thinkorswim's platform (the one you have to download). Have you even tested it!? It is a great platform...
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Actually it was a joke, since Union mentions it in the first post.
Good luck blowing up your account!:) :D
Anseld, I went over the discussion and it seems to me that the difference in our views in this particular discussion lies in the fact that you...
Anseld, I think you're getting of track here. The guy gambles with options as 20-25% daily swings cannot be characterized in any other way....
Other index options settle the same way, e.g. SPX. It's a very inconvenient practice to say the least, but there's nothing you can do about it.
"The exercise-settlement value, NDS, is calculated based on a volume-weighted average of prices reported in the first five minutes of trading for...
Once again, mate, this is not trading, this is gambling. And you're right, up until now you were lucky, so if one bad day hits you you're gonna...
I suggest you read some money/risk management books. 20% account equity swings in one day is way too much. As the previous poster has pointed out...
I got an Inspiron 9300 with an ATI Mobility X300 128MB video card and a second montor hooked up, works great. Works out of the box, no additions.
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