robertST, How do you pick the stocks to sell puts on? Do you sell puts on the same stocks every week or do you focus on ones with high IV or...
Can you give an example of your current position? What DTE and strikes? I can see how your strategy would work, since I've taken the opposite...
It is, but you have to be able to survive any potential drawdowns and margin calls between now and when the VIX is lower. It's the same reason...
The OP posted an example of how he made money selling puts during the crash. PriceJuggler's equity curve doesn't show a huge drawdown either....
Very good returns! What is your Sharpe ratio and beta? Would you mind posting the statistics in the IBKR portfolio analyst reports? Overall, put...
Can you roll it out to later expiration with a lower price? That seems pretty easy to do when I look at the option chain. For example, you can...
Market makers are doing very well. They can hedge at the speed of light. Retail traders...not so much.
Currently, one can buy the Jun 2020 ES mini contract and sell the March 2020 ES mini contract and receive a credit of about $6. What is the risk...
Did you not have any positions open over the weekend?
How have people using this strategy fared in the last few days? I assume you'd have to roll your puts pretty far out to roll for a credit.
Does this "Expiration Risk" apply to European options as well? Support has been telling me it does.
Thank you. This is what happened. Are IBKR's portfolio margin requirements similar to those of other brokers? For instance, do most of them have...
I got that warning. It's why I switched some of my portfolio from junk bonds to emerging market bonds (I preferred the junk bonds). The emerging...
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Either something changed or my memory is off. My recollection is that I had to put up the same percentage margin whether I bought 100 shares or...
A few months ago, IBKR raised margin requirements on high yield bond ETFs, from 15% to 25%. Now, however, it looks like they have a margin...
Just sell an SPX box spread and get a 1.5% interest rate at any broker. There is no need to ever use a margin loan.
I am thinking of switching from IBKR. I pay about 2.5% of my total portfolio in option fees to them every year. TDA would bring that down to about...
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