yes; but its pretty hard to figure out which perf results are good due to chance vs structural advantages (since very few of them exist). Even if...
Not exactly. Assignment risk exists anytime when premium is small enough to offset carry cost for the assignment. It happens rarely but you can...
It is true that in general if stuff stays back on server it can get stolen - but in general, most of the stuff is garbage. So for someone to pick...
+1. Totally agree; awesome post and good advise. You surely must know how to trade it correctly; all you need to do is simple buy bottoms and...
Ser Man, i've listened to a presentation; they are just a bunch of clowns selling wares. Stay away.
If you have the ability to play market maker on both the exchanges you can play that game. Its hugely profitable; but not if you have to bite the...
The only reason to be associated with any prop firm is when you need leverage (even that is debatable since there are other ways of getting...
Not thinkscripts (i use Amibroker to model; and dont really care to convert). I mostly use thinkBack. Here is a sample; see the N/A prices around...
mjl13, Can you backtest option strategies with Ninjatrader? Looking at their website http://ninjatrader.com/Simulate, it seems its only for...
I've tried optionstack briefly but its hard to build custom strategies using it. For example try selling a straddle or an IC once every 15 days...
Hello folks, I use tos backtesting quite a bit but recently been hitting bad data issues; like N/A values for even the ATM straddle prices in...
Dont worry Mav. Whoever sold them will manage them (wink); roll them out and reduce risk :)
wow.. that stinks bigtime. Wonder if an IB rep can jump in and add any clarification to why it happened.
Sig, wonder if you were very close to or over a margin call; that sucks if IB closes part of your position automatically. Can you provide more...
Thanks for the link Sig. I will have to read it more thoroughly but it seems CME is saying that exercise will be based on a rounded value of...
Let me rephrase; if say it settles exactly at 2000 and you have a long call and a short put at 2000. And say a short call at 1950. Now what is...
jeb, According to this CME link, http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/e-mini-sandp500_contractSpecs_options.html, Quarterly...
Sig, You are kind of right; for Quarterly cycles (June 3rd week options for example), it probably doesnt matter since the options will settle to...
Hello folks, The way i am reading it, given the current way CME is calculating settlement price for ES it seems that if you come into expiry with...
Good outfit RedDuke. They are net premium sellers but not naked. That is the only way to sell premium IMO; they do hedge tail risk (buy some sort...
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