the stats show 95% of traders fail. that means most posts about trading are going to be wrong.
/ZN /UB /ZB contracts getting killed today..waay more volatility than the ES contract despite the margin requirements of ES being higher. UB for...
selling puts on blue chips is not such a great strategy, mainly because you get the same IV as the SPY but the added risk of individual...
home insurance is waaay cheaper relative to the value of the home than put insurance is relative to the value of the portfolio . Home insurance...
a sold call will almost always fall if the underlying falls
probably something dumb he read from zerohedge
a huuuuuge cost. a 'cost' is an understatement
See a backtested history of VXX to see why buying puts for protection is a bad idea. Ignore that crap about Taleb and blackswans. Puts are waaay...
can you expound on that..any links
no kidding...the secondary market is more profitable. why go IPO at $40 million when you stay private forever at 400 million
You should use Think or swim..They will always fill your market orders instantly at the worst possible price
Selling XLP , USMV puts is a good strategy
if you can get 10 cents of extrinsic value on VIX calls that expire in 1 week < I have a bridge to sell you .maybe you can get 10 cents if they...
that is impossible unless there is less than a single day of expiration . all ITM VIX calls, including ones that expire in just 6 days, have at...
mathematically , due to the huge skew, buying VIX calls is a loser bet. it almost never works
I only see September 7th..no august
lol I think it's more like 10% a year..even 40% would involve huge risks
based on some simulations , an IC is better if the trade immediately fails (huge IV event soon after order is placed). IC bad however if the vol....
you would have to backtest it. IMHO the 20% OTM yearly leaps may be worthwhile if you get a huge rally like 2013 or 2009 or 2003 once in awhile. I...
what happens when you have a situation like 2013 where you have low volatility and the market keeps going up. ..what do you do then
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