Can you give a specific example. Which strike price, what month. Do you buy one every month, or each quarter, for example. As time decay...
I assume that between now and the end of the year, a certain country will attack the nuclear facilities of Iran. To complete the job it will take...
Let's look at BG for Sep. IV is low, in a recent channel, one month between sep and oct options, and no significant skew between the options....
BTW, I was not criticizing your system. I was bored and hoping that you were not just a newbie fishing around for something.
Yep, if you don't get the position off by Friday early afternoon, forget it. The MM have already factored in the weekend.
A stunning, wonderful position. Now tell us how you plan to make adjustments.
You got negative theta over a weekend? I thank you, my wife thanks you, my dog thanks you. I really appreciate your contribution to my...
Bought 2xGOOG Dec/Jan 510 put @ 3.24. This is not a monkey calendar, but one of my long term positions, such as the BIDU. Since this is near...
Position sizing for me: 1. Do I know what I am doing? Is my strategy working? If I am uncertain about my option trading strategy, I use small...
BIDU == still has the Nov/Dec 380 call calendar. Have been waiting to sell an Aug vertical, and with earnings, market made a large move up today....
Why don't you call their technical support? hahahahahahah
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If you have the monkey spread, normally you may have two calendars against a single call vertical. In this position you may look carefully...
One personal observation. 1. Far backmonth options have little liquidity, so the quotes on the screen may not be very meaningful. 2. In...
You might add some call verticals above the calendars to enhance the profit, using the calendars to protect them. Sort of a covered call strategy.
Just to report on the downmove today: The Aug call vertical is working well on BUDU where I have a Jul IC with the LEAP calendars. The...
Support and resistance is not factored into the model. IMO, you make money when you sell options below strong support, etc.
This week: Monkey calendar positions in GLD and GS. Added Aug call vertical on BIDU and a small jul put spread to protect the upside....
You might consider a short vertical instead. For example, you expect xyz to go down. Sell the call vertical, and you have time value on your...
Sounds like the training materials on cboe.com would be of interest to you. It is all free and will give you a good foundation on how various...
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