Spin, was actually refering to moving the profitable strike not 1 strike in but all the way ITM so that your right in the profit area near expiry....
thx spin. makes sense.
...sorry but I'm bringing it back from the dead for some clarification as this repair strategy never gets discussed. IF you have an OTM short...
Ofcourse you can. Can you play baseball in the street Yes Can you play with the pros if you know how to hit a ball?? A little bit of...
I traded ICs, butterflies and the like for many years on very liquid ETFs with very average results, it really didn't matter what adjustment was...
thanks for the sound advice. Im comfortable with options but not VIX so note taken.
Thanks guys for the replies. I have a strategy that I have been testing for quite sometime which involves making adjustments at certain levels,...
I've been watching the XLP and although there doesn't seem to be alot of options action I was willing to consider it for my strategy, however I...
Ok.. so the consumer staples ETF (XLP) seems to fit my criteria the best, there isn't much volume to speak of but lots of OI across many strikes....
Thanks for the two links, they both look quite interesting. I've been looking at the utilities and consumer staples ETFs as they both seem to fit...
not if your willing to dynamically hedge as you go.
I can see it and it makes so much sense. Another way to explain it could be: your simply taking off the winning branch (lets say it's the long...
I'm looking for a bunch of stocks that have low vol and are low priced which will stay in a range so I can apply a short strangle strategy on...
I didn't ask whether it would work or not just looking for assistance with a screener of some sort. thanks for the link eventhough it doesn't...
Thats correct. The more uncorrelated the better and preferably from different asset classes, however they all need to be able to handle a market...
Ok.. I'll try and be clearer with my question. What I'm after is somekind of screener that allows me to filter through every stock currently...
your knowledge and wisdon is astounding, keep at it.
How can I go about finding as many different stocks as possible to use for a short strangle strategy, my broker doesn't have a sufficient...
I have a friend is does auditing for type of thing and says depending on your strategy you need anywhere from 6 months to 3 years track record on...
anyone thinking about it should watch this http://www.financedocumentaries.com/
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