Exactly. VIX products are extremely popular now and if you look at the liquidity in some of these markets (VXX especially) its clear that they...
No clue what OP is talking about because if you check the historical data, futures were actually bid up on the 25th, albeit slightly......
Reading zerohedge is detrimental to you health.
Trading can be extremely rewarding and beneficial to the trader Day Trading is primarily for the lazy, uneducated, and impatient. Sure there are...
Eh....the VIX is pretty low at this point, so I dont think you're going to get crushed as much as you might think. Sure if the market pops another...
If you decided to play a spread, make sure you're buying your options ATM and selling the ones OTM....that way you're long the options that will...
The power of luck and vol: good job OP
Also, the liquidity of the option plays an important role in where you're going to get filled. Always try to stick to options that are traded...
Also it appears there is a good amount of base info on yahoo finance for those looking http://finance.yahoo.com/options/lists/
People do it for the VIX all the time. Its quite funny to be honest. Someone bought millions of dollars of VIX calls @ 25! The markets going to...
I view it as part of the scientific method: You start with an underlying ideology or understanding of the market and your strategy or system is a...
Read: What are some ways trading can put me in jail?
Curve fitting may make your backtest show better results but it tells you very little about what the future might bring and you may end up...
I was rephrasing what he was saying in a way that you would like more.
In more polite terms: While people may respect your posts and calls, it is difficult to ascertain what exactly you are doing unless you post some...
But you can manage it. Im not arguing you might not make money simply buying calls or puts, but it leaves you open to perhaps more risk than is...
They have expiration dates and hoping that the market is going to hit your expectations consistently is not a winning strategy IMO.
Ah, my apologies. I had forgotten how they did things. Just took another look and they have the bid/ask and the last price. No open or high/low.
Buy lottery tickets (OTM options) during earnings = silly
The data i ordered contains OHLC as well as volume, OI and greeks
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