The stock is expecting imminent test results - so everybody is gambling on that stock price.
Here's a simple back test of your strategy. You come closest to selling the 40 delta and buying the 20 delta ones. So as you can see its a winner...
"Sometimes my short positions are early assigned and my account automatically has a margin violation because I have to buy a lot of shares." What...
Well that smells to high heaven for sure. Did you or anyone else report this to the SEC?
If the executives had any knowledge or possibility to have knowledge of the breach they are fools. What they do is public and of course they would...
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You cannot take the efficient market hypothesis to extremes as you are doing there because there is a legal ban on insider information sharing....
As others have pointed out open interest is not an indicator of market direction in a linear sense - like lots of open calls is bullish. The open...
As Napoleon said, no plan survives contact with the enemy. What helped was that the stock took a tumble from the start. After the loony half hour...
There is no 'strategy' to make 900% - there is only blind luck.
"The greeks exist for vendors and authors so they have something to sell." Err ... no. They are simply mathematical derivations that can be...
LOL - you misread what I wrote - its a SHORT STORY - so fiction.
OP I am reminded of a short story my father once gave to me. It was called the 'Man who couldn't lose' and detailed the story of a guy who always...
The very first thing you should do is to forget your high-watermark. Every day you start at 0.
Ok I have put Labour day to good use and modelled things as best I could. The big question is what happens to volatility if I am pushed beyond...
Its the thought that counts.
Here's another reason not to wait till expiry: [IMG] OTM options will have a swift drop and then the curve bends back. You got lucky that the...
460% on paper is nothing - its when you exited the trade(s) and you can spend the money that it counts., If you want to brag - I made 11,000%...
Double check the final price - options technically expire on Saturday for stocks and for indexes there can also be different dates. A post option...
Its impossible to be prepared at all times for a Black Swan, be fully invested in the market and not lose substantially (either in real or in...
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