so vol never increases when prices rise violently? and if a stock is moving sideways, and whatever tool(s) i'm using indicate a drop in vol,...
personally found this post helpful since I don't go to that section of the site
Hey, so I thought the point of vol forecasting was to predict whch direction vol would go then place the appropriate strat (fly's, ratios) to...
Awesome, thank you. You've just saved me lots of time and some money :)
Hello, I was wondering if there was any value in this book? I've read options made easy, options as a strategic investment, option...
buy intrinsic value fight time decay buy buying a few months time and/or buying slightly ITM close any long position with 1 month left...
Yeah the first reply cnfused me as well. It depends how agressive you want to be. You can short a fly, long straddle, or as mentioned above,...
That's pretty cool... must have been happy when you heard they opened a Canadian arm! I really hope TOS can do Canadian equity and equity...
this is awesome.. i never thought of that... legging in through verticals... I've legged out through verticals but never in. thanks...
okay, I watched the tutorial, I was missing clicking the EXP button
This is awesome! To evaluate options in future months... Do we change the days to expiry? I tried some butterfly on sc for April, but I...
Wow... Thanks John, that was extremely helpful. I'll incorporate this check/calculation on my next fly's. I didn't look too closely at the...
I waited until the price was close to my purchase price... "split the bid?" :/
if anyone cares (probably not) I closed the position for a small loss it was a 100/105/110 MAR put butterfly I'm still confident it would...
ok it's def the b/a, they weren't like that when I went long. i'll feel more comfy exposing the position once I close the trade.
the b/a can affect the price that much!? that's a lesson for me I donno... prices weren't fluctuating much when I got in... I calculated...
Hello I'm long a March put butterfly on the LQD ETF. The IV and HV is very low, but this thing fluctuates like crazy... two days ago, my...
well... you could sell a call and a put at the same strike... :p
this is a volatility strategy... so you should be very up to speed on this IMO. if you're long a straddle, you're expecting an increase in...
don't put a market... i learned the hard way. served me right though.
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