You are absolutely right that "the low print might not be the intraday low in the option." Since my holding period is several weeks, I don't pay...
We have to pay full price without any margin when buying options. What I was saying about margin was that when we sell options, the margin is...
I learned meditation about fifteen years ago, before I learned to trade. Meditation helps me in many aspect of my life, including trading. For one...
I agree. It's about use of your capital. One DIA option's margin is about three QQQ options' margin. You can get more tick movement from 3 QQQ...
I like options on DIA. My experience is that options on DIA have a little better spreads than DJX's. There is no options on SPY. But if you think...
def, if this article can be accessed on the web, would you please post a link to it? Thanks.
In the May issue of Stocks Futures and Option (http://www.sfomag.com), ISE's David Krell said they were going in the index option business but...
My understanding was that ISE was number one in stock options. But if you include index options, CBOE is still at the top. Are you saying ISE is...
The ISE will go into index options market after middle of this year. Any one knows which products they will offer? Will OEX be one of the first?...
One possible way is to check the put/call parity. For European option Call - Put = Stock - Strike * exp(- r * t ) while for American...
The problem lies the use of logarithm (I assume your "Ln(Ht0/Ot0)" means you take log of the ratio of Ht0/Ot0). Since Ln(Ht0/Ot0)=Ln(Ht0) -...
I trade with I.B. For $10/month I get stock and stock option realtime quotes in my Excel spreadsheets(DDE).
To calculate implied volatility you need these: underlying price, option premium, strike price, days to exptration, risk free interest...
I agree. Greespan should tight in 1997, with maybe just one 25 basis point hike.
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I downloaded my monthly statements from I.B. But when I tried to open the file using Microsoft Money (version 98) I got an error message. Is is...
Be patient. Give yourself credit AND MORE TIME. You will not fail unless you give up. There are many who took 5 years, 10 years to succeed. Don't...
I trade with a 100% mechanical system. As long as my system works, i.e. datafeed live, no hardware failure, I'll trade even if I don't feel good...
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The delta, gamma, theta and vega are sensitivity measures of an option. They measures how much B will change when A changes: for delta: B = the...
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