Are you referring to an iron butterfly? For instance ELX at 19.67, sell the april 20 call for 1.10 and sell the april 20 put for 1.40 credit...
Not just funny, but really funny!
The lawyers, I am sure, have told Todd he would be liable for what he writes, so he cautions that he is not recommending but enlightening. OK,...
Very profound, and thank you.
Iceman wrote: he has disclaimers up the wazooo. That's why you can't be sure what he's doing. When he wrote for TSC he was more forthcoming...
"The Professional Commodity Trader" is an excellent book IMO, that I have read more than once. Sorry to hear he is deceased. No tech mumbo jumbo...
Even a broke clock is right twice a day.
There doesn't seem to be any connection between that site and the Cottle book?
My computer will load java almost all the time, and not fully load it sporadically, occasionally it will lock up the computer. Only happens with...
Div, Maybe an iron butterfly would work for you. Using MEDI this morning at 31.56 as an example, sell the April 32.50 calls and puts and buy the...
Good strategy, I prefer to sell the guts.
Stock777 has the answer, go home flat rather than a 100% hedge. If you want some protection and smaller cost than being 100% hedged you would buy...
Sell the April 17.50 calls, sell the April 17.50 puts, buy the April 20 calls, buy the April 15 puts, same quantities. If price decreases buy...
Are you trading ETF's, stocks, baskets? Long or short? Do you mean something other than calls if you are short, puts if you are long?
Good point. The Japanese in WWII tortured American servicemen for no reason other than torture. No mercy for the cowards who kill civilians. I...
vishnu, If you are familiar with Todd Harrison's option methods(when he wrote for RM he would go into some detail)how do they compare to Jay...
Are you the same "40year old" from months back? Keep the goats and high top boots.
Fan, If there are any edges no one has told me about them so I can't pass them along. Seeing as a vertical spread is a directional hedged...
Salvage might be the wrong term. The fact that you now own the April 30 call for .45 makes it beneficial to do something else with the call at...
80 bid
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