Yes, theta is positive as long as the underlying value is in between the lowest and highest strikes. Otherwise theta goes negative. It is...
What you've made is called a "long butterfly"....
I'm actually not sure how this is relevant to the forum but ok. As you can see, mentioning this caused some people on the forum to debate your...
Usually happens when the market blows out all the highly levered people. Yes, it's gambling. Head over to reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets where...
Yes, a fundamental difficulty that is unique to America is that we only ever get ~2 years of possible change. After that the politicking and empty...
For being in finance at a major firm you sure are making amateur mistakes. A good chunk of people I know who got started trading early (think...
The data disagrees with you. So much so it seriously cast doubt on your alleged "rags to riches" story you are setting up to tell. Even among the...
After all, it is a bull market.
I wouldn't invest my worst enemy's money in BBB-. How does a hedge fund, a place that is supposed to have great risk control, be so risky they...
Systems trading isn't discretionary trading. Systems trading requires discipline to listen to the system even if it appears it isn't going to work...
Sickest plot twist on elitetrader. First you tell them everyone is out to get you, and then you tell them they can "do this easy stuff" and they...
GARCH is literally a type of moving average. It's most basic form is the EWMA which was pioneered for RiskMetrics. It's less about being right...
Why are you using simulated as a representation of what would happen live?
You forgot all of his involvement in pyramid schemes. But I guess those are just a less obvious pump and dump. He's deeply polarized the RNC....
This is also known as the TastyTrade model. Give out free education that has an undertone of "it's easy just sell puts and collect checks!" Then,...
This tier of braggart sound familiar. Hmm...5 posts... Who's alt account are you?
The Robinhood fanboyism is too much. There's a lot more to a platform than commissions. I am with IB, some of the lowest commissions in the...
Seems like a clever renaming of the various shapes of candlesticks as a market evolves. Never heard of this terminology before.
Oh you sweet summer child. Options have been huge since the 80s and have been one of the most liquid markets to trade in since the mid 90s....
I've noticed this in my small circle of friends. People in my group know me as a trader, in particular, an option trader. I started getting...
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