What 'board' are you guys referring to? db
The difference is that when they stuff up the taxpayer ends up footing the bill. When a trader stuffs up he foots the bill :). db
Hi zdreg Thanks for your feedback. I think I probably didn't express myself clearly enough so I'll try again. There is no advantage in selling...
Nice summary Jeff. Cheers db
Hi FF Some know a lot, some are clueless and most are somewhere in between. Who belongs to which group you have to work out yourself....
And if it doesn't sit still or if it moves quickly or if vol goes up then the long option can be the winner. Unfortunately everything in trading...
How do you mean 'the other way around'? If he's short the 170 put and long the 150 put then he would need to buy the 170 put and sell the 150 to...
Another option is to create a lock. Iow trade the synthetic otm diagonal. The otm are usually more liquid than itm. I'm not quite sure which is...
married put = long stock + long put=synthetic long call. thus: call=stock price - put strike + put value+interest-dividends note that:...
All is ok benysl, us boys/girls are just having a bit of fun, it's all to do with testosterone and some come to this forum to let off steam :)....
It's always nice to have the last word :). db
This is a good example of what happens when one doesn't complete high school and thus can't muster anything better than the above. Another thing...
It hurts to be shown ignorant doesn't it? :). db
Lol! Well, there's 'little risk', 'medium risk' and 'big risk' :). I would call benysl example a 'little risk' trade, especially if only one...
Why don't you read the posts properly before responding? Noone claimed that this was a risk free trade. If you have nothing better to do than to...
"double diagonal aka straddle strangle swap or calendarised iron wing spread. Usually configured as short closer dated straddle or strangle...
So far, so good :). db
At today's close the above trade could have been done for a credit of 0.10. db
Rolling the short put down and out: the sep/oct short diagonal (buying the sep 46 put and selling oct 45 put) is currently around even (eod data...
To add to majorursa's post, if your short call has some intrinsic value at expiry (0.05 or more) you will be assigned and end up with a short...
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