To investorsources : Ok, I see my shot worked. And you shot back. Good now we can get down to business. In your previous post on page 7,...
Let the OP blow his account out daytrading such instruments, then he'll realize the folly in trying to trade in such a way.
???????????????? Are you saying near months will have more premium then far months? I get why you are selling calls to half the stock position....
I think you mean put ratio BACKspreads. If you can establish them so that the shorts cover the longs, ie. credit, you can collect a few cents here...
The question is : what will happen come tommorow at open? And what will the aftermath bring? I tend to stay away from making calls, but this seems...
Manipulation or not, the priced in move was around $6.50 from yesterday's close. All I can say is, shoulda bought wings.
Someone take the other side of the OP's trades.
Forgot to mention that most of those are EOD as you can see, hence my original post about intraday data. But some of the FX ones and possibly the...
Now since I haven't really checked in detail that all these sites work and have the data for free, for the data may be incomplete or the sites...
Looking for a (keyword) free backtesting INTRADAY platform for either stocks, futures, or FX(if that's possible). Quality/ease of use doesn't...
This thread has just converted me to religion.
Go deeper ITM. I assume you are just picking the 1st or 2nd strike ITM which depending on the underlying(actually vol) can still contain some...
You are shorting underlying + naked calls? How do you feel about russian roulette with 5 loaded chambers?
Well depending on how much premium is left, timing may or may not be an issue. And move is somewhat dependent on that. So, 2 or 3 out of 4 isn't...
Not to say one doesn't have to be right on direction, move, timing and vol, but one can negate most of those by using frontmonth deep ITM options.
Call calendars tend to not pan out too well unless IV holds steady. But as underlyings climb, IV tends to fall. That said, do these on underlyings...
Just to add on to daddys boy's posts, you have to look at a BWB as essentially a ratio spread with defined risk. Managing the shorts is the...
FA, I understand your point that systems can be implemented in options, take that IV example for instance, but directionally, I can replicate the...
Note: I haven't read the JL Lord books which this is from, but am part of another group which there has been discussion and examples given. A...
I have been contemplating the value of backtesting in in this field of trading. As options traders, we have the ability to structure trades and...
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