So an option on UVXY, a leveraged ETP on whatever it is -- index? futures? -- would be a what-order derivative? Fourth-order?
ETFs, in this case, SPY, are second-order or third-order derivatives? What about ETFs that follow the VIX? Fourth-order?
One can short the ETPs -- and hopefullly hedge. But what other ways are there using options, futures or ETPs, do any have any better track record...
Anyone know what the best place is for a US citizen / resident to set up an only off-shore account with IB?
Let's say I, an American citizen living in the U.S., want to run managed accounts or even pool funds. But I don't want to deal with any of the...
Ok, Thanks for the thoughts and encouragement. I didn't know I could automate with Excel, even with VBA on IB. I also heard IB has some automation...
Ok, I'm 65, still trading, options mostly, on IB, SPX iron condors weekly, long LEAPS puts on bound-to-lose leveraged ETFs covered with OTM short...
Maybe I'll just email Hoenig and see if he has any left around. I know the jackets sold out.
Traders Library used to sell them, but no more. Need for a Halloween costume. Thanks.
Interesting cast. Another young teen actress on the show, I recall, became a porn star and Tiger Woods conquest.
There must be a reason it is dismissed so. I would think the risk management required takes some skill beyond market return, no?
Well I looked at your short list of quarterlies, and I can see right off that at least one ETF with LEAPS (UVXY) is not on it, so I'm not sure...
I can go through the various ETF databases of optionable ETFs one by one but a lot of them have only options up to nine months or less. I'm...
I have this DUST LEAP Put Jan 2021 now in the money and heading deep into the money and, I presume, based on past performance, a reverse split....
Any brokers offer long LEAPS with 75% margin? What about with a covered OTM call? I recall reading a while back that the regulators now allow...
Tks. Makes sense.
Ok, maybe I am plugging the data in wrong, but with the call half of an iron condor way out of the money, say, with a delta on the short of about...
Having brain farts, but when I plug in the numbers, I get gigantic figures which cannot be right. Let's say I have a $10,000 bank roll, a 95% win...
As a position sizing / risk management tool, obviously.
Is the Kelly Criterion useful for avoiding total blowups in writing iron condors? If so, how to calculate it? The online calculators as me for...
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