Negative time value on index options? Won't expire worthless if you BUY it ITM? Do yourself a favor, learn how options work before you trade...
Yeah.. if you're a big company, you don't need to use IB to get good rates.. Other big companies that specialize in institutional accounts (like...
Ameritrade is a ripoff unless you're doing 2000+ shares per trade. If you use IB, it's really not that bad. Minimum commission they charge...
Yep.. your own fault you didn't get the STP device.. also seems kind of odd your big company couldn't come up with $500K to use until the issue...
that calculator is crap, it includes only a fraction of the costs of buying / renting, not to mention that people have personal preferances. Like...
What the hell? I never heard of a broker making you wait 3 days to use proceeds from sales in a margin account. To answer your question:...
I don't trade stuff unless I understand it, AND know how to profit off of it. How forex works? Simple, you're trading foreign currencies,...
If you believed that an oil change costs 5K for even a minute, then you shouldn't be buying this car.
I never said that real theta is linear. I said that with the theoretical example, where the option price declined by exactly 5 cents a day due...
optioncoach, depends on how you look at it. If you're looking at it purely from a theta standpoint, then it's linear if it's dropping 5 cents a...
Buy a new vette instead. Negotiate the price down to invoice + 2K w/ the dealership. A 2007 vette is a lot more fun (and probably faster ;))...
I write options, and have learned quite a few hard lessons. Theta DOES INCREASE the closer you get to expiration, if the option is ATM or close...
learn to speak english, dumbass!
Most people were expecting AMD to miss.. I guess the news was that they missed by less then the amount priced in already.
With the exception of a few equities, most options arn't liquid enough for you to use automated stops. You really need to watch the stock/option...
I never said swing trading options isn't extremely profitable, it is! I said day-trading options is very difficult, because most day-traders...
If you really want to day-trade options, you need to be the market maker. Otherwise the commissions and fees (especially cancel fees) will kill...
if your protective part of the spread is that low (12.5), you might as well just go naked w/ it. Unless the FDA rejects DNDN's prostate cancer...
goog gapped up 20%.. that's a lot to make 20% in 1 day.
Yeah.. vonage is based off a shitty service that nobody really needs.. (VoIP? Gimmie a break, I can use teamspeak or something for free, and it's...
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