Stoic you just feel free to continue to ignore the value and utility of the Greeks. those of us who have labored to learn them and appreciate...
Don just curious.....did you actually work with Blair Hull at Hull Trading or did you just happen to be trading by yourself, experimenting with...
either investigating "managed" accounts is new to you or you understand less about the product in question than you really do. the managed...
if you have an Iron Condor over 10 lots, and the market moves against you,that doesn't necessarily mean the position is losing $$$$ yet 80% of the...
respectfully, this is very inaccurate. Iron Condors are subject to fluctuating markets just like any other strategy and therefore will require...
making adjustments to a straddle is gamma scalping. VIX calls will ONLY work with SPY or SPX straddles. if you are new to this, you are entering...
The MOST important factors in buying a straddle or strangle is the level of IV in the option premium and that once the trade is place, that the...
respectfully you must not have researched the capital markets very much. there are dividend paying stocks paying 11-12% and they could have...
if you are seeking stocks that will benefit from a short Strangle(benefits from high IV)rather than a long strangle(benefits from lo IV)AND have...
while your question is about margin and although "all trades" are influenced by IV(some more than others), the synthetic combo is one trade where...
a winning attitude is less important than actual trading competence- you can have a winning attitude but if you have no real trading skills it...
vega is the otm part of an option premium. whenever a trade will benefit from a DROP in IV, its referred to as a negative vega trade...
hopefully you were facetious when you say hedge calendars with some condors. MAYBE a butterfly if the underlying market moves to the upside but...
just remember: condors are a negative vega trade; calendars are a positive vega trade.
eldorado a butterfly and condor have more "flexibility" in the break evens depending on how far from the short strike you set the wings.
there are many factors that go into choosing a calendar- and as you are attempting to trade directionally(i e an uptrending equity)you need to...
to a seasoned profitable option trader, that amount of capital would be fine IF he/she so choose to fund with that small an amount. as you are...
I can refer you to 2 whom I've had experience with. (and no I receive no financial inducements for doing so) email me privately and I'll...
those comments are typically made( more often than not) by r-e-s-p-e-c-t-f-u-l-l-y beginners who if they are persistent enough and eventually...
per your comment"isn't all trading is zero sum". the fact is that you have no idea what the portfolio is that the person on the other side has....
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