See attached analysis for the strategy you described.
It is a long delta, short vega, short gamma position that will have open-ended loss. Risk is on the downside. You can play different cases in the...
The IVs for both stocks' options have been steadly increasing for the past two weeks in anticipation of the earning release, from below 25% to...
stock is unusually likely to move on ANY day:p
That is not true: 1. Options commission are dirty cheap now. They shouldn't be a reason to prevent you from executing a options trade if you...
You sell options ( call or put ) when you expect IV to drop soon.
I don't think strategies are that important to be kept as secrets. As a matter of fact, you can find most common used options strategies and...
When the run starts ? in next few minutes or in next few years ? Going up by how much ? 1% or 10% ?
The only reason you have made money in gld so far is because gld has been in an uptrend for almost a year. The calendar spread strategy counts...
Chance of making a profit sometime is more important than RR ratio. Deep OTM vertical spread might give you RR up to 20:1 but that does not mean...
Try spy options. They have the smallest b/a spread.
+1 !!
You bet. Time decay and volatility are two things you must be aware of in options trading. The only way to understand them is through exposure to...
Got $6500 ? trying to short 3 MO 24 Jan puts naked and you will get more experience. If you get assigned, sell 3 24 Feb calls, if not, keep the...
What does the commission look like for a iron condor trade ? do brokers usually charge 4x or 1x ? Thanks,
If you are a long term ( five years or longer ) stock investors, options won't help you much whether you are successful or not. However, if you...
Any trigger event make you select Jan calls ? What are you expecting from now until Jan 21 ?
That is what I pointed out earlier. I prefer percentage is used vs absoluate points. i.e. even for 15 pts differences, 145 vs 130 is not that...
Have you thought about the correlation between those two trades ?
Do you think the stock will be pumped up before gov sale ?
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