indeed, cash closed at almost exactly 50% retracement.
In recent memory sp rallies into fed meetings.
do you even know the difference between naked and covered?
everyone knows the sample is too small but it is interesting none the less. thanks ivtrader. we could just do julys for the past 20 years and...
vix and vxo hit multimonth resistance and es reversed.
at the very least you will need to increase your futures stop loss so noise doesn't take it out so easily.
I briefly ran the numbers and the basic idea is correct. Buying the put closer than the call will result in some kind of debit. Low risk, low...
I'm assuming this is a collar and not a synthetic short futures. by selling the 480 and buying the 460 for 2 points, goog would have to be around...
D. did well. Do you have an example?
an atm collar, which is risk free, is also profit potential free. a collar with the strikes otm can be profitable in a directional move, but is...
more like inquiring as to how.
positive delta & no risk?
thanks for posting the idea, the other posters are pretty much right though. Some probability analysis might come in handy. For example, figure...
if he could buy the atm protective call or put for the premium he could receive for the strangle he would be right. having a short put...
anyone aware of results of ablesys, someone is trying to pawn it off on me.
avarus, thanks for the involvement, two questions if i could. Yesterday a long was stopped out, what is the mechanical model's win rate? If the...
during a major bottom a day has the range of a month. Rarely does the bottom close at the low so the vix doesn't close at the high.
it's amazing seeing the guys on the floor punish the premium buyers before the announcement. once it comes out, premium drops fast, but it should...
I know it could be different this time but the pattern of the last year has been a steep v bottom and then a trend up and leveling off for several...
are you saying the rate cut lowers fear? Or we get the usual iv drop right after the announcement?
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