Why not buy the stock? AAPL has earnings next week which is the reason why the premiums are so high. I can tell you like to sell otm option (from...
Hey everyone I thought I would make a whole thread dedicated to the butterfly spread! I have some questions and what better way to learn than by...
Why didn't you buy a wide butterfly then and delta hedge? The risk reward is much better and you sell all that expensive Vega you are talking about.
Whats your reasoning for this trade? How profitable is this trade in the long run? selling this condor because its super wide does not support a...
Also as you have mentioned in another post, I will not be using the implied vol to calculate my greeks (implied vol overstates the move into...
I have a trade on right now that you could be interested in. I bought LYB straddle right before the close on friday with the idea to scalp into...
I can not see where the edge is in hedging EOD rather than x amount of delta.
IB was quoting me 8.9 on the call and 9.4 on the put. Sorry for some reason didn't see the rest of your post. Thank you for posting. I appreciate...
Whoops silly me. If you look at the line I took, do you see a major flaw here or is that the standard path? I closed the trade because one of my...
when I bot the contract it was 5 days to expiration. vol per day = 9.2*sqrt(5/365) = 1.07. <- that would be my daily expected vol right? 1.07%...
APRIL 18 spot 2709 APRIL 18. BOT 1 SPX 2710 APRIL 23rd straddle for 26.80 APRIL 19 10 am BOT 250 SPY @ 269.19 (hedge short deltas) APRIL 19 11:15...
Thanks truetype I just connected with him on Linkdin, will send him a message and if my schedule permits I'll visit him in Chicago, only 6 hour...
When I see a question I can answer, I answer it. If you can help me, then I eventually will help someone who asks the same question that I did....
It seems the best way to go is use IB's java API, however, I am an economist at heart and believe Java wont suit my needs as it is a pure...
Do you have any experience trading with R on IB? If yes, any tips you could throw my way as I go on my automated trading journey?
??? I wouldn't be waiting for an answer if I could just GOOGLE it. There is very little documentation on this. 1 video that is semi useful....
Lots of articles and youtube videos out there that will explain all your questions. These are very basic. But you can sell an option whenever you...
Hey everyone, I am an avid R user and want to start automated trading using the connection between Interactive brokers API and R. IB has a great...
Almost all market makers these days are algorithms. In liquid markets they take fractions of pennies from each order. If you ever fill an order...
Did I stutter?
Separate names with a comma.