Wait, WHAT? The claim was that this sort of covered call portfolio was no different than SHORT PUTS. Now we're LONG CALLS too? There's only...
This has nothing to do with rates (or very little). More ridiculous options nonsense. Since we were talking about the 2008-2009 timeframe,...
Depends - money lines (quoted -250 style) have the vig built in. Sides with a spread and totals are implicitly 11 to win 10 (aka -110)....
There are plenty of arbitrage opportunities in sports betting, but that software is probably useless. If it really takes lines from "bookies...
The point is, it's DIFFERENT than selling puts when done the way most people do it. They're not the same position. The safety in either case is...
Uh, what? Most of the consistent dividend stocks were comparatively resilient in 08-09. I think the covered call/dividend portfolio I helped my...
It makes all the difference in the world under circumstances where you hold the underlying but NOT the call. Because then the positions are not...
The caveat being that this strategy is implemented primarily on dividend paying stocks. That means unless they are forced to cut the dividend...
The only real problem with covered call writing is that you have to get someone to buy your calls. That typically means sitting on a limit order...
Except it sort of is - if dividend yields exceed borrowing costs, it forces money out of "storage" and into stocks until either yields fall or...
The SPY method I described will definitely have times when it has 15-20% drawdowns. That said, you were willing to fade drawdowns, so I felt OK...
You're thinking about this in a screwy way - profit vs. drawdown or profit factor or Sharpe ratio or something would be more informative.
I'm not going to bother reading the rest of the responses, but to OP: Just based on what you're saying, you don't have the skills to win....
1) It's a mathematical fact that any system which is unprofitable with midpoint executions and no commission would be equally profitable under the...
You're not describing (or perhaps not seeing, if your data sucks) all the ticks in between. If a liquidity-consuming buy order hits that moves...
Is is more or less "acinine" than you trolling ET looking for another 6K capital injection? I mean, both are "acinine" but clearly one has to...
You're trying to explain the basics of trading to someone who: 1) says he took NINE years to learn to trade 2) is a self admitted disciple of...
Is STP-LIMIT a native order type on that exchange, or is it implemented via the IB servers?
Uh, what? A stop is much different than an OTM option purchased against underlying as a hedge. The option can't slip, allows your position to...
While this is true from a technical view, it misses an important distinction at least for commodities futures: margin increases affect speculators...
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