They've been doing just that time and time again. Jul 24 Final Call: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1194823403&play=1 Mike...
CNBC's disclaimer notwithstanding, I can't see how the sponsor, thinkorswim, would be overly thrilled with the advocacy of these trades.
Aug 21 2009 "The Final Call": http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1223085219&play=1 Anyone else find it questionable, from a risk...
buffett will be 79 on aug 30. hope you're long a downside wing. morbid, yes, but there's a implicit crash risk there that the market may...
True, but some commission structures have per-leg charges, e.g. TOS ex/rates.
Iron butterflies have 4 legs, the call vertical versus the put vertical, so commissions will likely be higher than the 3 legged equivalents,...
Worse. The OTMs trade on tighter markets, so they are preferable. An OTM butterfly is synthetically equivalent to an ITM using the opposite...
you're bullish on EEM with a target of about 40 in a december timeframe. how about buying a 39/40/41 or 38/40/42 dec butterfly for an...
I don't think TOS crosses orders internally like that. Spread orders are routed to one of the COB's (Complex Order Books), e.g. ISE or CBOE, and...
don't sell credit spreads for 40:1 risk/reward. you must be correct with 97.5% certainty to have break-even expectation, excluding commissions.
We can set aside the separate debate about real customer demand versus structural (MM) demand. I do not dispute that, in the absence of any...
Sophistry. I view demand as actual order flow -- real buying or selling pressure. Even in the absence of any order flow (demand), market...
IV is not just demand, as an option will have IV in the absence of any demand. The demand for an option does indeed affect its price (not...
Kneale's bio states that he holds a journalism degree from the Univ of Florida. Wow that's some heavy duty economics background there.
the aug 20p/50c strangle is zero bid so selling it against nov yields nothing. the nov 20p/50c strangle looks to be 0 bid .15 ask, total open...
Before you speculate on the Swine Flu, Bubonic Plague or the next meteor to strike the earth, go read a few books on options. "It is better to...
You do not have to exercise the calls to realize the profit. You purchased the calls in the options market and you can turn around and sell them...
For tighter bid/ask spreads, try trading the issues with penny increment options. On TOS, there's a built-in watchlist for penny increment...
My example was a sufficient condition for shorting synthetically without an uptick, not a necessary one. Depending on your trading style, you...
All in the spirit of constructive discussion. :) I can think of three other (possible retail) uses for C/R's, just to throw more gasoline onto...
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