You could download 1 year of SPY quotes and check how many times SPY closed greater than +/- $1.80 on Wednesdays and Fridays - option expiry day....
Bid on the SPY May09 2018 266.500 call is $3.06
This TSLA thread was one of three earnings trades I posted BEFORE earnings. The other two were FB and AAPL. April 30 AAPL April 25 FB
Buy the rumor. Sell the news. Oil back to $60.00.
Limit Orders can be filled at a better price than what you enter.
SPY at 266.70 SPY May09 2018 266.500 call - ask at $0.85 SPY May09 2018 266.500 put - ask at $0.79 Expires tomorrow
Market Order
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I think holding a short option order overnight is too risky. The stock moves against you for the order to get filled.
In this case you have to close the position before expiry. Take the profit. Next time reconsider debit spreads - is the short option worth it?...
I don't see how you can compare a 100% loss to a 30% loss - as if the 30% is better. What is important is the risk:reward in dollars.
Why not?
A 100% loss and 30% loss are identical losses in dollars.
Yes ....... to the 100% loss of the debit paid for the options.
The debit you pay is the stop loss.
No more of a gamble than any other option strategy.
Kirill Tereshin - 21 year old from Russia. [MEDIA]
Even an order of 2 contracts on high volume option contracts such as GOOGL, AMZN, TSLA at the respective bid/ask can be split into 2 and filled...
ET did lose a major long time sponsor. A sponsor I thought would always advertise on ET. I wonder why they left?
Iron Condors would be the way to go. Sell 1-strike OTM calls and puts. Buy a few strikes OTM calls and puts. The Risk:Reward ratio isn't so bad...
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