i would guess those calls have value. if you exercise a put, it's like selling the call for zero. you only gain short carry, which is...
why would somebody exercise a put that is 250 points out of the money? google closed 630 ish.
the OP was about condor's and fly's. unless you are putting them on big, there is negligible greeks associated with it. or your fly is really...
a short call and a short put isn't pairs trading. that's just selling vol on that stock. if you think the straddle is high, then sell it....
if the market is wide on your in the money call and you can't afford to own the stock, your broker may exercise the call and sell the stock out...
S&P 100 (OEX): 602.49 S&P 500 (SET): 1342.21 VIX Options (VRO): 16.49 Dow Jones (DJS): 123.30 Russell 2000 (RLS): 838.20 NASDAQ 100...
bribes most likely. or really good lawyers.
just sell it, it pretty much only goes down. i believe the VXX uses the front two VIX futures contracts. they need to pay to roll them right now...
depends on the product? QQQQ's, sure i'll sell them. SPX, no thanks.
i hope you at least collected $10. Did you mean the 13 handle?
you must not trade options
large open interest can have an affect since that is where the long gamma people have the most gamma and theta. they are trying to scalp their...
that's a pretty deep call. people don't have much interest in making markets on options that aren't likely to trade, so the keep them wide....
i think es options have reasonable markets at night. i've never personally looked at them, but a co-worker logs in and checks them on occasion.
I have never heard any rules regarding this for a customer. it might be an IB thing to prevent a non-market maker from trying to essentially make...
the ES options have weeklies. technically they trade when the ES is open, but would be very illiquid outside of normal market hours. i have...
for the OP, if you are looking the hedge a stock position with long puts, isn't your return just your net premium lost over time? wouldn't you be...
i can't comment about your broker. fyi, LEAPs that are 1 month away, are no long LEAPs. LEAPs are over 1year. Options with open interest...
Is there anything out there that give you the ATM vol by month for various stocks? Basically something easy to glance at rather than needing to...
why would they do that and make the entire industry less efficient? if i had to submit an exercise form and list every option i want exercised...
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