selling strangles is a good strategy. selling iron condors is not
either it falls off a cliff or it doesn't. if it does like in 2009 or 2013, you make a lot off $ from the bear spread (more than you would from...
selling puts is better
backtesting shows good returns buying TLT 90-day put spread when it's near 52 week highs. the first leg is 8% OTM and the second is 11% , while...
this is not new new but it's worth reminding anyone who still thinks tastyshit is legitimate
in 99% of circumstances they are similar. EMH stipulates there is no advantage to early exercise unless there is a dividend, and that options are...
lol buying vix futures is a cash incinerator . Because put options are used, losses are caped and it does not matter if UPRO outperforms
The ATM 71 UPRO put is $800/contract (going by the midpoint) that expires in 150 days. Buying 5x of these costs $4k and is almost the same as...
leveraged etfs are one of the small remaining goldmines in trading, as they are very complicated many don't understand them or appreciate their...
if done daily you're right but loner longer periods lag may occur depending on the path
daily options, mathematically speaking, would yeild the highest return using a put-write strategy
The ES/SPY on a day-to -day basis is actually less volatile than a 10-year bond, but TLT and IEF have much shallower skews and IV than SPY. But...
lol contango kills these oil ETfs
lol it looks stupid having so many. it's like they are now days apart . it's like hmm..should I buy call that expires in 11 days, or 12, 13, or 15?
'decay' is when a leveraged etf lags its underlying and is the function of many factors: volatility, leverage, dividends, fees, interest rate,...
I did. the first strategy made $1500 between late 2015 and early 2016 due to the market volatility. and decay exists when volatility is hihg
generally speaking, with the exception of 1995, the market doesn't rise in strait line . it does A LOT of churning with sporadic breakouts or...
IB is for pros who trade the markets in size...market makers, HTFs, and such. ameritrade is for noobs who like paying fat commissions and huge...
anyone have any weird strategies besides the crappy ones that don't work that well but everyone talks about (like iron condors, which suck but...
A long-dated ATM strangle on the ES is good selling a single deep in the money delta 10 put on ES that expires in 100-150 days (don't use too...
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