The price of the credit spread depends on a number of factors. You are comparing put and call credit spreads where the short legs are equidistant...
Chilipalmer, Panzerman has posted a great 3D chart. The front month options generally have more skew than the back month, thus the 'volatility...
Come now atticus, you should show a little more respect for ff! After all he does have 1320 posts (as he himself likes to point out. Sadly...
If you look at any of the options pricing models, for example Black Scholes, you'll find that dividends are already part of the formula and thus...
Backtest these (for example in optionvue or optiongear or whatever) to see how they pan out and you'll have your answer. Cheers db
Here are some more choices for you dreammaker: 1. buy a lower strike put and turn your position into a synthetic bull call spread (long the...
Answer: incessant arguments. db
Question: how does one get 1267 posts over a 5 month period?
Forex darling, Which part of "I won't post anymore on this board" couldn't you understand? :D db
My constructive advice was for newbies to get some option education even if it is only in the form of some books and think about attending some...
Thanks for the kind words Richard. To forex: I'm not interested in a 'fight' - you win, well done and I hope this victory will be reflected in...
I'm done here. Good luck. db
Look forex. I'm tired of repeating myself on this board. I used to post a lot, now I couldn't be bothered unless someone writes some outrageous...
That's right, you want to answer questions in this forum and that's why I was commenting on your advice: " I wouldn't pay for any options...
I think you might want to be a little more careful in regards to whose advice you take. This is just one example of what happens when you don't...
I did exactly that when I started trading options. Kept my positions small, kept losses small and gradually wore down my account. But I did learn....
??? I presume Mav has some kind of arrangement with optionvue, otherwise he'd be in prison since most know his true identity. For example, I know...
Yes, but is it better than the free stuff (like TOS' platform or optiongear)? db
Anyone at all? db
Great! Can't wait for my copy. PM has been sent. I assume the optionvue company doesn't mind and gets paid in some way for their software. I just...
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