Absolutely !
OEX is proprietary to the CBOE. Thats the big reason for the huge spreads. I think another reason is obviously the risk involved. This thing...
Absolutely! But since I wasn't a trader at that time I can't say it affects my trading. It may, I just can't say how. I know my wife is...
I think the indexes, or indicies, are overbought also but that doesn't mean it won't become more so. I think we rally through the close on friday...
U.S Army aviation; Vietnam 1966-67 How does that experience affect my trading ? Not at all that I'm aware of.
Note that OEX has succeeded in closing above 440. Now if we can get VIX to close below 34 we may get a bit more to the upside.
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TGREGG: That's what I suspected also !
Yeah, no kidding ! I had a similar experience with a LEAP last week. Placed order to buy below the bid and it executed instantly. No complaints.
Anyone else notice a problems with "smart" routing on friday ? I was trading the apr 25C on the QQQ. B/A was 1.65 x 1.75. I sent order...
I have no idea whether this is true or not but my ISP system administrator told me last week that XP has some terrible security flaws and that...
Unless my clock is really off, it's 2:30 in the afternoon in London when NY opens. Why would you oversleep in that situation?
Long strangles on the OEX.
I just opened my TWS and noticed that the options on the OEX are trading. It's currently 20:30 ET. I'm assuming this is on Asian markets but of...
The other day on a poll on this site that showed 17 to 1 bears, I mentioned that it could be a contrary indicator. I'm not trying to take any...
Since you like trading dividend paying stocks, you could hold some in your account to provide margin and sell straddles, strangles, etc against...
Are you going to add to the position at that point ? :-)) I think we'll see 810 on thursday. It might be brief though. I look for a...
I have to say that IMO ISE is far superior to the others. This morning I entered an order for QQQ apr 25C> smart routed it to PHLX (shudder)....
Div; what you have described is a strangle rather than a straddle. A straddle requires both options at the same strike. Also to get break even...
might be a contrary indicator :-)) I can't recall who said it but it went like this......"the public is usually correct in their assessment of...
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