I'd like to say their Platinum software isn't too shabby. Nothing institutional strength of course, but 1 of top 3 retail geared products there...
The problem is, what IS a considerable distance OTM? One can never say they are at a safe distance because you will never know until after the...
Live and learn. Sometimes we get caught up in absolute dollar amounts, forgetting the percentage return we already made. I was up >70% on that...
You seem to think that trades skills is not educated work. Who do you call if you need electric work or your pipes burst or need something fixed...
Oh man, you ain't shitting me. I had the exact position and I was checking all Friday morning. Obviously I must have been looking at the wrong...
Good, just checking. Can't believe how so many people survived trading options without basic concepts. If you wanted a more active style, you can...
Ain't no free lunch. You've been trading options for 7 years and you can't come up with something? You honestly didn't know a collar or CD...
We work at the same place, so how is it that you only pay $87.5 for NYSE, NYB? Mine was $117.5 for NYSE, NYB, CME, but I was told CME was given to...
Double slingshots don't benefit from IV rushing. I hope you already know it is just 2 flies on both sides with extra wings. Unless you have so...
To nikko : Double slingshots are crap for that scenario. You'd want to long the ATM straddle or closest strangle for IV rush and gamma scalp...
This thread is what happens when stock pickers try to make a basis on trading options on anything outside pure direction.
Mav, how do you figure options place that low on the list? I know you are well versed in options, but given the complexity of options, it should...
I know what you mean, but that is different from the entire western seaboard how????? And it's not as if you won't find junkies and hookers in the...
When I saw this thread, I thought I was gonna see naked pics of drunk female celebrities with 2 40s in both hands.
I don't see what's wrong with maximizing your gains. Everybody is out to do that. Funny you say trade with them and get shafted, when in trading...
Sounds like someone is unhappy cause others outsmarted him. Only thing I'll agree with this is that Chinese have a gambling problem, the opium...
Speaking ER2 options, this expiry could get hairy if RUT continues its's downtrend. 2% in 2 days since last Friday.
R2K close at <819.
Anyone RCing this? The spreads have narrowed in the nearer terms/far terms, but given an expected vol crush to pre 3/30 levels in the far terms,...
About time. Ridiculous how backwards the Canadian industry is on this issue. About the IBIPO, I'm late to the party but just because we are...
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