You're risking 90 to make 10. It is a high probability trade (~90%), but if you don't know what you're doing you will get killed on that 1 out of...
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ANY option I BUY shows up in my platform with a negative theta. It's not exactly rare. I seem to recall a short, European-settled option might...
At first glance I see the same thing. However, I can often get a fill off at the mid on SPY. I haven't had the same luck with SPX. Taking that...
IB pays interest on cash above US$10K. And the rates get better the more cash. In fact, their rates are one of the better ones I've seen. Most...
Instead of SPX you could try the SPY iron condor with $2 (or more) wide verticals. This cuts commission in half, and helps even things out,...
yeah, I knew what you meant... ...just gigging ya. :D
I suspect TOS didn't tell you that verbatim. If they did I need to find out where that button is.....LOL.
I heard someone who put it interestingly a few weeks ago. New traders usually focus on making money. They should be learning how to stop losing...
I think you're debating slightly different viewpoints. What you're saying is true. At some point an individual option has one side that made...
No argument there. But let's address your earlier statement in full, without conveniently discarding the "with the advantage leaning towards...
Yes, you are. Vega is the option premiums' sensitivity to changes in volatility (at the current volatility). Vega is a function of IV (among...
This has to be one of the most popular trading myths out there. This would imply that liquid options are inheritantly mispriced. There's been...
Might want to check recent history. The S&P was off about 47% over a couple of years not too long ago. May never happen again, but... With...
That's part of what I've been cautioning against - simply forming an entity to encapsulate your trading may not fly with the IRS. I can't form an...
Jessie has a good point above. It is certainly possible to garner trader status with a full-time job outside of trading (and something like an...
You don't need an LLC, an S-Corp, an X-Corp, a Y-Corp, or a Z-Corp to deduct your trading expenses as business expenses. You DO need to be a...
Good synopsis.
I think that should be you're main concern. My first and best guess would be the IRS would consider your entity a tax avoidance scheme. But...
Assuming you're a U.S.-based trader, it's very difficult to get trader status if you have a full-time job, and the resultant income, outside of...
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