SOLD -1 EBAY 100 MAR 07 30 CALL @4.10 ISE SOLD -1 EBAY 100 MAR 07 27.5 CALL @6.60 ISE 30: +2.5, 27.5: +2.6. Net: 510 The puts are...
Sure. My account is with ThinkorSwim. BOT +1 STRADDLE EBAY 100 MAR 07 30 CALL/PUT @3.80 ISE (1.60/2.20) BOT +1 STRADDLE EBAY 100 MAR 07 27.5...
Thank you guys for the advice and special thanks to FullyArticulate for his offline comments! What is the 3.50+? Thanks, Joel
I forgot to mention that I cannot buy or sell shares since I don't have enough capital in my account. So gamma scalping is out of the question :-(.
Folks, I put two straddles on EBAY, March 27.5 and 30, between 10:34am and 10:50am when IV was 42-43% and stock price around 29.34. I...
What does it mean that puts are skewed higher in price? I would think that calls are skewed higher in price since I paid more for the calls than...
For calls: 26.33 -> 34.92 -> 38.76 month ago -> week ago -> current Puts about the same. Interestingly, Feb 480 calls are 39.73 vs...
I must be lucky today. With RUT +10 at about 788.13 I sold the straddle for a profit of $45. In: 14.40/12.20, net 26.60 Out: 18.75/8.35, net...
Phil, thank you very much for the indepth explanation!
Thank you guys!
Will do! So much to learn :-). I wonder how long it would have taken me to figure this out on my own :-). It's been in front of my eyes all...
Hi Phil! Thanks for taking an interest in my issue. I'm planning to buy your book but at the moment I'm reading through McMillan and will...
I'm experimenting with straddles on the ThinkorSwim simulator. Put on a straddle on RUT when it was around 780.65. 1 Feb 780 Call @ 14.40 1...
Folks, How do you put on a straddle when stock is trading between strikes and assuming that you don't know which way it's going? Books...
Any traders here? Thanks, Joel -- http://wagerlabs.com
Read today in the WSJ that traders are buying up YHOO July calls/puts which are cheaper relative to volatility because they are so far out when...
This is awesome, I didn't even know they had a real-time feed. Is anyone using OpenTick here?
Folks, Do you know of a real-time futures feed for Unix that's not Zen-Fire? Thanks, Joel
Thanks MTE! I'm looking for something... more programmatic, though.
Folks, I use ThinkorSwim but they don't have an API and I would like a real-time options feed. I know about IB (can't use) and OPRA (2 x...
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