I am short the SPX and OEX via options . the smirks on all the TV anchors as they salivate and proclaim "yay, only 75 more points to dow 10K,...
Hey AZD, thanks for the good advice. As I have been doing credit spreads awhile, I enjoy the small income, but I have hit a few major...
i get the point :-) . dont be greedy and go into settlement day to get that last few dollars out of the credit spread. by the way, do u write...
thanks , I just went on the cboe site and saw they settle AM . When would it make sense to take the position into settlement day (Friday) on...
do the SPX weekly options settle AM perhaps? I checked the CBOE website and it seems they settle PM...
So I sold a credit spread on tuesday this week on OEX and SPX. THey expire today. OEX: I sold the 500 call, bought the 505 call. RZBJT and...
I tried to enter a sell order, it said "opening orders are not being accepted at this time", or something like that...use ameritrade for awhile,...
Actually, um, this happened to me last month..in a major way. It was in my ameritrade account (I have a few brokerage accounts just for...
thats the great thing- you can cover and reshort so many times in this environment. THey are not letting the market tank. everytime it sinks, they...
market finally giving it up. i guess all the posters before who nagged and nagged that its not done going up are still long... as for me, i...
THe $100 calls are trading thousands a day and they expire in 18 trading days....whats up? Seriously, its totally wacked!
highly doubt aig will go to 150....right now in freefall - down to 46
i would keep an eye on this one....the premiums are going to be quite rich.. it would need to move another 40 to 50% higher... the 70/75 and...
did this last month- ran up to 55 or 56 on that short squeeze.... credit spreads were the only real way to go....shorting the common stock too...
what the heck- AIG continuing to run!! waiting to pull the trigger on the credit spreads.....
Anyone selling the OCT spreads? what strikes? looks like the 70/75 or 75/80 bear call spreads can make some good money - i doubt AIG will see...
I just realized how you racked up almost 2000 POSTS!!!! you reply with so many "unnecessary, unrelated, uninteresting, side points. Instead of...
I would say one out of every 15 stocks or so, this happens to me. It continues to go straight to the moon. Well, thank goodness, I never leave...
I make the reference to surf because there are really great traders on this board, who don't jump all over every new post and claim its a phony...
I am the original poster I did make money on my ORCL short. ANd while the GE short initially was down as it rallied this morning, I...
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