What are the purest IV plays possible? Looking to eliminate as much delta, and theta as possible and focus on whether or not IV falls or rises as...
Is anyone seeing VXX options on their platforms?
Interactive brokers is not showing options as available on VXX after the split. How long does it take for the options to show back up after a...
The reason I care about the reverse split is simply to help facilitate my method of option trading. With these low prices it makes it hard to even...
It looks like generally when VXX gets around 13, historically they have had a reverse split. VXX is now about 11. Any reason why this time they...
Does anyone know where I can get daily historical option data for SPX? Preferably free.
While I can't specifically speak for theta decay over the weekend. What I can say, as it relates to my strategy, is that when I first enter the...
While it does take advantage of theta, theta is not the primary component by which it gains in value. In fact, its more of a "bonus"
No, what I am calling the "miss-pricing" is a temporary abnormality.
The strategy is held over the weekend because it benefits from theta decay. As my profits continue to grow (and I get a bigger cushion of gains) I...
After 10 years in trading and analyzing the markets, a light bulb moment finally clicked. This game is much easier than I ever imagined. I have...
Your not going to salvage the $45 (especially after commissions). Let it expire.
Without seeing the options your looking at, hard to give an answer. Can you post the options you are looking at. Are all sold and purchased...
I currently use Interactive Brokers. Every Friday I place a trade which currently consists of buying 75 combos. Each combo has 3 legs, 2 buys and...
for my strategy to work I need highly liquid options with tight spreads. Currently I trade only on Apple and spy for this reason. What other...
The LINE bonds I bought are up about 2.5x what I paid for them, however when I went to close them today I get an error on Interactive Brokers,...
Thanks for all the input. After looking at the different options, instead of trying to finance the cost of the bond by shorting the underlying, I...
The assumption would be for the stock price to have recovered to $1 or $5, that the the company would have received some sort of lifeline which...
20,000 (which is what I used in above example) would yield $8,200 credit. Slightly less than I projected, but still more than enough to perform...
I have traded options,futures, stocks etc for the better part of the last 15 years. However, I have zero bonds experience. I believe the drop in...
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