Bull put spread + a long underlying with a protective put =bull put spread + synthetic call. As mentioned above, in terms of delta, a bullish...
In the past, when I owned stocks, I would purchase high-quality companies with a decent dividend. Then I would sell LEAPS two strikes OTM...
If I understand you correctly, a long straddle makes sense (it is short theta and long/short from a directional standpoint). To avoid rapid time...
All investment instruments can be speculative. You can research and pick the best companies and still be wrong (see Nov 2007 to March 2009)....
Not sure what youmean by barrier.
I can save you a ton of money. Describe your system here. I am certain some of us have traded it. I have been trading ES futures and futures...
Loved their customer service, but their platform for trading globex emini 500 Futures options was prehistoric. It just couldn't be done....
Basically a synthetic ratio long strangle. I assume you placed the short sale and the long call purchase at the same time. Total cost of...
I'm a options guy. Through the years, I have found volatility spikes coincide with down markets. When I traded stocks over 10 years ago, I...
I'm not real crazy with selling that 44 call option. What you attempted was gamma scalping, but shortchanged yourself. I would have sold the...
This is the best lottery option strategy. To really double your fun, make it a long strangle and hope the market touches both of the options...
They are important if you are interested in turning a potentially losing trade into a winner or even reduce your intended loss.
I derive all of my income from trading. My main goal is preservation of capital with a return that pays my bills.
I'll take a stab at it. Buy a 100 put/call straddle with expirations 60-90 days away. This pretty much eliminates the time decay. Now, I would...
Been there and done that. You are better off putting your money into high quality, high div stocks--buying every time they dip. When you have...
Options are four-dimensional--deltas are influenced by volatility, time and gamma. That said, one can reverse gamma scalp using short straddles...
In my experience, sitting tight is not an option. You can actually avoid that max paper loss by taking some warranted action. Yes, iron condors...
Lots of good decision about risk/reward recently. One question I always ask myself before placing option positions: What if the market is down...
I have to disagree. Many professional traders, per Larry McMillan, use IB's. Short and long straddle positions are really excellent strategies,...
With a 100k account, I was basically risking 10% of the account equity; in this case 10k. I only put on enough IC's so that in the worst case...
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