i thought it is shorting an option... and you can think of it as writing an option... but maybe im wrong.
so it's good to become a statistic!
i heard someone on this board trade AMZN options for a "sweet sweet gain"...
covered calls! :p
are you telling me I can watch options action, check out their trades, watch the IV and short it?
thank you all for the info I think for me, who at least for now doesn't want to worry about margin calls and naked positions, the short...
I was going through some simulated transactions for short vega positions. I tried a short straddle and long butterfly, simulated underlying...
I checked that before selecting the month. What I did, was avoid the front month and bought a few months ahead. I paid more in absolute dollars,...
yup! He does. But any basic options book should cover that as well
I was going to start a new thread but I'll keep it in this one. I think i must be dense, but I'm having a hard time understanding the practical...
I'm happy you asked... There is a member here that wrote a book for rookies, his name is Mark. I personally have not read it, so others who...
maybe someone with more experience can shed some light. some members here prefer to trade direction with the underlying, others will use...
exactly... that's what I did personally. But i'm following the stock, fundamentally. So it was my opinion, though long term I want to hold...
i've hedged with puts before earnings, i want to be long the stock (long term) short term, i thought market would punish the underlying. I...
you mean not on margin? isn't that really really risky?
is it possible that someone may be using the delta value as a hedge?
awesome, this is helpful ^ thanks jw I suppose nothing is simple... I'll take a look at this as well, this game gets more and more...
thanks, I do understand what he's talking about, but I thought vol trading involved being long or short vega through volatility strategies....
i thought trading direction was hard :confused: so vol is even worse?
so if the underlying is going to sit there, vol won't change? btw thank you all, i really appreciate the information, it's helpful
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