so Pekelo you are saying risk $10 (+ commish) and stand to make ~$220 if TSLA settles at 345 near expiration? or better yet in about 3 months,...
Just be very careful with any process involving the exchange of sensitive information. Be vigilant ... it is nasty out there with all the hacks,etc.
so.. for instance, the $-262.5. This means you opened a position and currently is down $262 from last night's closing prices. The next pos down...
P/L Open is current market price - your entry price P/L Day is for open positions and = current price - yesterday's closing price. P/L YTD is...
the monitor page has several modes - activity and position, acct statement,etc. Where are you seeing these brackets. and I assume you mean...
Start off your journey by building a base of options101. Books by S Natenburg, L McMillan, then hit the great webinars by Option Industry Council,...
to add more confusion, throw in the skew and the absolute levels of IV which could make the theta difference between the strikes even closer. IOW...
What is fascinating to me was the tape action when there was a specialist. He would show size at "figure" like 89.97 x 90 50 x 999 and all the...
In addition to works by P Steidlmeyer regarding volume profile, there is another piece by Bill williams called Mkt Facilitation Index (MFI) which...
interestingly, i did pretty ok with calendars at Brown and company at $10 per trade !!!! now what is it like ...70 cents/share..
Great point Bob. I would teach #1 and show track record if 1) the price is right and 2) won't dilute execution edge. In fact I saw a site that...
In the interest of transparency, I do agree that there has to be some semblance of competency in the form of trading records. Like if I was a teen...
dunno the answer to your question BUT I'd like to ask you, if you are good in predicting realized vol, why would you choose to take directional...
Tom is right .. preserve your capital,trade small and learn... then size up accordingly. In your earlier example, the delta of .34 is the delta at...
IQfeed is cheaper.
just occured to me that we may be assuming that he shorts 2 puts then puts on the 3 wings - maybe that guy puts on a -1:+3, waits for a small...
TD, good catch on the put skew in US equities. Totally missed that one which would make the pricing even worse for the put b/spread.
Traders have done that forever- legging into spreads by exposing the position to 1 greek risk to get better prices. eg. Theta risk - selling a...
oh that diagonal...! that would definitely work :-) ... I have not been able to predict up or down spikes > 55% on a portfolio level so I tend to...
yes you are correct if they are equidistant.... BUT with diagonal designed to harness a bearish prob distro, you would be selling an OTM p/s...
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