Such circumstances may sometimes occur regarding DITM call options that are not exercised by retail customers (and therefore the MM has a practice...
Is it possible that an equity put which is deeply in-the-money at expiration will not be exercised by the holder (for any reason)? I am short such...
Interesting. Do you have to turn this function on through their platform or it applies automatically when you place any spread order (whether it...
Hello, I wonder which execution method can result in better fills regarding vertical spreads (fills below the current mid price) -- placing a...
What are P/B levels? (I assume you don't refer to price to book value ratio)
Another issue you may consider is that by going long or short the stock your margin requirements will be increased substantially, so that it may...
Would you prefer being short butterfly instead of being long iron butterfly? Both strategies have similar payouts and capital requirements so I...
Thanks for sharing. Great interview...
Sure, my pleasure.
It's probably a dividend related issue. See the following post: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233080
Thanks for the explanation. I completely agree with you regarding the "binary trade" concept as you stated it, which can also be viewed as a...
I understand that in such situation my broker will not make the extra money but I didn't understand how can I capture this extra income. Could you...
Thanks for the explanation, very interesting. I assume that you create collars only if the UL goes up so that you are able to buy cheap puts at...
I wondered if anybody here uses stop-loss orders in his options trading and if so how do you decide to place it. I can understand the reason...
Interesting video and analogy :)
Actually almost every time when I place a single order at the current mid it becomes the new bid immediately thereafter (so the mid jumps) and I...
Your logic sounds reasonable, but in fact when I place a single order at the mid price (especially regarding options with wide bid/ask spreads)...
I am asking which order has better chances over the other (if any) of getting filled more quickly and at the mid price: a spread order (such as a...
I didn't ask about legging into spreads. Assuming that I can acheive my profit targets by using either spreads or single orders (without legging...
And in this regard the covered call or the short put may be preferable? In both of them you may be exposed to the pin risk.
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