Guys, while you said much about sharp moves that can wipe out premium sellers, why you didn't say the timeframe it could happen in? Any examples...
True. Nevertheless, raised vol and so unrealized loss doesn't hurt me until I'll figure out chance are high to be expired in money i.e. price is...
How far in SD's you choose strikes when going in? I usually keep them between 1.5 and 2 SD's, thinging it's a good balance of premium and success...
Papermoney results from April till now. The only risky trade I've had was last expired 6EU3 strangle (1.22/1.34) being almost near call strike at...
Squilly_D Glad to hear the same opinion on premium sellers vs. option buyers topic. I've posted my papermoney results. Though I've had live money...
I did. I've run live money acc with TOS/TDAT with the same strategy, then was forced to close it. Now I'm back via paper money and going to go...
I've posted here a paper money acc statement sometime ago. I've had live money with TOS, then forced to close it. Now back to school and planning...
Sorry, I've build position in TOS via current prices (0.82), so PnL was $820. You've filled with 0.54, so it's $540 on 10 contracts. True? In...
Any current input? You've got $19,500 margin and -$280 PnL now with near $900 PnL potential if expired worthless?
What strikes were on calls and verticals? And what are margin requirements and collected premium? As an example, the best strangle I've got...
Depends on what positions you're holding. I've been observing dramatic down moves in my /CL /6E /ZB and /ZN strangles. The results are: /CL goes...
BTW is there a way of analyzing price movement within its' contract lifetime window? I'm interested how much the price can go up or down from the...
TOS screen attached
Bankrupt? Sure? ;) In a worst case scenario of a sharp move on bad news... say +10% on crude oil (never seen +10$ a day)... all I've got are...
An example of strikes being opened last night on CL.
Hello, guys. Want to throw in some additional info about short options. I've been shorting naked options for some time with TOS live account,...
Go to Setup and change Position margin/BP to Margin Req. That's it. (See pic attched)
As web services (Barchart, Yahoo Finance, etc) don't show options charts (only quotes) you should use desktop software. TOS terminal can show...
Is it about stocks? Or futures and options too?
Whak kind of MRCI subscription is? I've got Liberty's newsletters. But MRCI is kind of paid information. Are you on paid subscription? Also I...
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