Well, to me entering a trade and knowing in advance that I can lose 100% and nothing I can do about it is a gamble. I like trades where my losses...
Sure.. which means you are okay with 100%?
I agree that if you do earnings bet, it is better to do with spread and not straight option. And your reasoning makes perfect sense. But reaction...
Depends on your definition of gamble. I define gamble as: A trade that can lose 50-90% due to stock gap in wrong direction and/or volatility...
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Buying options before earnings is pure gambling in my opinion. Here is the history of AAPL moves in the last 10 cycles: [ATTACH] As you can see,...
This is not the only one they screwed up. My main issue with tastytrade and Tom Sosnoff is that they claim that selling premium is the only way...
Well, I'm definitely not talking about seconds. In any reasonably long period of time, it's matter of probabilities.
Over time, this is probably a better strategy than buy the straddle. But in the short term, you can still experience some big losses if the stock...
Well, I guess it depends on your definition of win BIG, REALLY REALLY BIG. In order to compensate for 70-80% loss risk, I think the win has to be...
Trading is a game of probabilities. We all would like all our trades to be winners, but we know this is not possible. We know some of the trades...
Absolutely. Any strategy (including our straddles) can produce some occasional big winners. What matters is what is the overall return and what is...
I don't know what their methodology was, but most major US stocks has a consistent history of overpricing options before earnings. And yes,...
Yea.. same as tastytrade studies. Even if it was true (which is not), the risk of 70-80% loss is very real and outpaces any potential rewards.
Being market makers gives you ZERO hedge in options trading. Completely different approach and experience. To "taste" their so called "studies",...
If this is what you think about SteadyOptions, I guess you never visited our website.
Facts: Options before earnings are on average overpriced. Most of the time the stock will move less than the implied move. There are always...
I heard this argument before. Someone declared iron condors dead in 2007 because everyone is using them. Guess what? 11 years later, people still...
TSLA straddle suggested in the previous posts is a great example how NOT to use the straddle strategy. If you entered the straddle on Wednesday...
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