It is interesting how the mind works. Your characterization of "An entire thread.." was not fair and caused me to validate some of the I things I...
I'm thinking a solid strategy would be to have a variety of expiration dates, especially in the higher volatility environment right now. Another...
Simply log out to see his posts. He has me blocked as well. Please forgive me in advance for characterizing your comments about the guy as...
I ended up taking an options trade today. I bought a April 17th, 2020 OTM 1/2/1 ES butterfly in puts: Long 1 ES 2725 / Short 2 ES 2600 / long 1...
Made 4.75 points on a MES scalp after a correction in the European session after the trend finally reversed to the downside. Although I will show...
Reply to your post is inline, below: =".sigma, post: 5064777, member: 514564"]How far would you go out? These are natural 10-point wide flies,...
Thank you for your explanation. It is good to understand the reasoning of other people. Yes, Poopydeek is Destriero.
I suspect you are doing a lot more than "Spraying and praying"! Then again, personally I feel there is much to be gained by repetition and should...
Those 'flys look very tight, as with the legs very close to the body. In addition, Interactive Brokers option pricing model (Profit probability...
I've trying to figure out a way to accurately determine and model expectancy over the term until expiration and moneyness of a position. It...
Why not skip a few strikes between the higher priced leg and the body, or accept, I can't think of a better term right now, a asymmetric payoff?
No trades today.
Speaking only for my trading goals, when I have sufficient time to actively trade the market and can generate additional alpha while adjusting my...
Of course, the most risk is in the legging in. Describing the net cost of the resulting butterfly as done at a net credit might be technically...
Starting NAV will be $29,755.11 for this journal. I will post screenshots of cash and performance reports at the end of the month. I will...
NAV after closing the 2 flys is $29,755.11. Since inception, account is down $244.89 (.82%).
I have been exploring the idea of legging into butterfly spreads myself when it appears the market has a short term directional bias. If one is a...
Are you the PPT or just a lone market manipulator? Grin.
Rather than than randomly trying to make the spread, I would rather try to find out if one side of the market is stronger than the other and...
No. I wish to develop scalping skills in the underlying, in support of partially hedging delta or relatedly hitting a desired delta to theta...
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