Pure semantics. Cut the quibbling. Don't know what anyway? Like I said, I'm a day trader when right, a buy and holder when wrong.
I said do this with quality issues, and without leverage. I do this with diversified ETFs mostly. Bear Stearns was always a high flier. I...
Of course you'd say so. My advice flies in the face of every the trading books teach, as well as the numerous experts on this forum. Cutting...
Does it absolutely have to be day-trading? How about being a day-trader when you're right and a buy and holder investor when you're wrong. Trade...
I'm clearly outvoted in my view that this is the wrong term for the trade. I've never worked on the floor, as I prefer staying home in boxer...
No need to be a guru to contribute. If you have a thought, please share.
The best way to get a sense of the profit and loss potential for this and any trade, I think, is to simply have a look at a risk graph. The...
Thanks for responding. As you were saying, the key is not to get greedy. The examples you cited all used egregiously excessive leverage. Put...
Yes, the final choice of which markets to use for straddling--or any option strategy--must be based in large part on the status of IV,...
Thanks for responding, drcha. That's exactly what I wanted to get at: which underlyings? Treasury securities, particularly the shorter-term ones...
I was wondering the same thing: What kind of job would you be quitting? If you're in business for yourself, you probably take on risk every day...
Yes, that is clearly true. The implications of vega exposure are not to be ignored. I try to choose underliers with above average IV within...
Is it just my perception, or is the viewpoint that short straddles are relatively high risk strategies quite prevalent? It seems like the...
Great feedback, everybody! Thanks. Atticus, may I ask what prompts you to sell LEAPS straddles, when you do? Is it the lower gamma, or...
Hello friends, As in all strategies, success in short straddling is likely contingent in part on practical factors such as liquidity, bid-ask...
100 option contracts costs $70 at IB (I trade with them too). At eoption, it would be $13, as stated above. If limit orders are used, it should...
The aggregate IV of the RUT, quoted as the RVX, went down 2.12%, but what did the IV of each leg do that day? Did the IV of your short legs go...
I haven't tried doing that, but in view of the posts by you and MushinSeeker, who suggested the same concept, I am going to try it out on paper....
Nice video, Joao. The only thing I don't quite agree with is looking at premium as the primary guide for shorting. I've learned the hard way...
You guys are awesome. Great community we've got here. Thanks Maverick for your candid input. Good feedback on what happens when spreads are...
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