MTE, if I may, I would like to expand a little bit on my response to you two postings above, in the second paragraph...where I spoke of the...
Dave, like you, I'm really interested in seeing how the penny spreads and the new margin rules will impact future trading. Regarding the margin...
Ursa, you are the one who makes the personal attacks through the use of such terms as "ignorance". You won't find anywhere where I have resorted...
MTE, you're right if I were to stop right there. But, I don't. I wait until the stock moves, usually 1 strike price, then I adjust. The profit...
Rallymode, yes, it is possible that Optionetics is the first place I have heard those terms. However, I've been to a lot of broker sponsored...
I have no idea what a conversion/reversal is, nor do I feel I have any need to know. Neither I nor Ursa knows what trolling is so he has asked...
Ursa, what do you mean by trolling? Trolling for what? Or is that something technical that I have yet to learn?
Nikko, you said, "Conversions and reversals have no potential to make money based on changing extrinsic values." I must be doing something...
Nikko, when one starts off short 800 shares, yes, it's bearish. It is negative 800 deltas. You're right that if you either buy 8 calls or sell 8...
Speaking of intrinsic or extrinsic values, did you all know that if you have a collar or reverse collar with the strike prices of the puts and...
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value Computations - Excel Spreadsheet With many of these convoluted combinations that I frequently find myself with, I...
MTE, on January 17th you responded to me by saying, "Whether you short the stock and short the put or just short the call you are short the same...
Hi Michael. No posting that relates to the subject under discussion is a waste of space. Regarding the Page 8 posting, my intention in that...
Michael, No, I didn't say that. Go back to the first page of this thread. It was in a posting by Smilingsynic, in which he said that one of his...
Michael, for purposes of going ahead with this discussion, let's both agree that we are both people of above average intelligence, and that each...
Sorry Michael. No I was not jesting. Maybe I don't understand the overall concept of synthetics. As I read the various postings, the writer...
Michael, which is the synthetic side of the street and which is the natural side? Isn't the synthetic side of the street always the other side of...
Beltway, yes it does. I agree with you. Consider this: 1. Buy Calls 2. Short shares in an amount equal to the number of deltas created by...
Ursa, you're right. I wasn't listening. I was reading. MTA said, "That's not the point. The point is that if I make a trade I wanna minimize my...
Personal: No way. Weak: Probably because it matches the postings of a contrary nature. And you are correct, the ITM verticals can also become...
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