You had my sympathy initially but it seems you haven't learnt your lesson. You've just taken the trade recommendation of yet another anonymous...
"As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there...
Typo. It's synthetically equivalent to a 1370/1365 OTM PUT debit spread for circa $1.90. Possibly better fills on the OTM debit spread. Short...
Be mindful of the fact that the respondents are not all necessarily singing with the same voice. There are very distinct and different approaches...
What's a hedge fund? :D
I'm just speculating, but perhaps you're not familiar with the much less ulcer inducing risk/reward characteristics of a closer to the money...
LMAO. That's too funny how we both picked out almost identical phrases! TrendSailor is going to think we are picking on him....:D
Interesting comments within your post. Some ideas to mitigate being "scared out of" a position. 1) Position size, as discussed 2) More favorable...
If your methodology is successful then there are possible merits to leveraging options to capitalize on it. You touched upon the some of the...
I'm guessing a large set of....balls, cullions, family jewels, gonads, genitals, nuts, rocks, testicles....
Also on the Analysis tab :)
For single options, VEGA and THETA have opposite signs. THETA is also basically the inverse of GAMMA so, positive VEGA comes along with positive...
Essentially, by convention you're not really meant to post on this thread unless it is off-topic. Do not under any circumstances use the Options...
Fair enough. There are some interesting things to look at when an IV spike occurs that is not related to earnings or other scheduled event. e.g....
Hello. Welcome to the most longestest thread on ET ever. Bad luck on your recent losses. With respect to statistics and doubling down and/or...
It seems you might be catching on that not all trades need to be done for a credit... To be clear, your GOOG trade is not earnings related. The...
This is a highly contentious topic and has partisanship on par with religious debates. The two main schools of thought are: 1) If you have...
I'm not sure anyone suggested buying the front month straddle 1 week before earnings. Rather, you don't want to be short the front month straddle...
Sometimes it must feel like you get no thanks for all your contributions on ET :D Just a never ending stream of critics taking pot shots at your...
You guys are nuts! I'm sure Riskarb is turning over in his cyber-grave :D Unless I mis-read, I understand one suggestion is to go short...
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