entered on august 1st at 1.14 net. judgement primarily based on the monthly, weekly charts. things like IV, skew etc are not considered, can they...
optionatrix youre in the aug2 9th 37p calendar right? why did you say it was not looking as great now? l assume you use charts, to judge this,...
GregLoehr, the calendar Optionatrix is / was in was 37p calendar, 2nd 9th August? optionatrix said he bought half shorts back (for Aug2nd?),...
"But you can't hedge a position where the second order Greeks aren't stable" ie when spot delta is zero, and spot gamma is low. can you...
stevegee58 ICs suck when they go against you, sure everyone agrees! adjustments adjustments adjustments, when? how? why? what high reward:risk...
what do you mean by "second order Greeks aren't stable"? so if your book overall was looking shakey and the call side had doubled in premium the...
stevegee58, l agree it is dangerous, l am not waiting for either side to go ITM l am not bullish up to this Friday 2nd aug well for it to reach...
newwurldmn, interesting, what parameters do you use to measure pain getting too strong? for you to just get out?
yesterday wednesday 31july, l entered 8 HLF iron condors, 70c 72.5c , 62.5p 60p @0.575, it was a bullish day after gd earnings. looking at the...
so tempted to do another calendar on it, as monthly chart looks like more upside, getting late here though 03.34am as l write, gn y'all
appreciate everyones input, l have just exercised since there was no time value in the aug 9th long 26.5call other than a few cents, and l know...
thanks for suggestion newwurldmn close the position by just exercising the aug9th 26.5c on monday? I think IB dont charge for exercising, just...
I was told by IB that I was assigned, does it not matter what price FB was at when l was assigned, IB just sent me an email on date of assignment...
the reg Aug exp having more time being the reason to close now or / and you think its more likely for FB to decline from here? yes agree,...
im with IB which can be reasonable in commish, tho other times not so who are you with? i am long 26.5call aug 9th as well, it was a calendar, I...
thanks for reply RichardRimes just checked optionchain, l would still make a tiny profit if l closed it now, with FB @ 32.9, l may roll it up a...
thanks for reply GregLoehr synthetic long put? so you suggest being assigned and being short FB at 26.5 while still being long the aug9th 26.5c?...
I bought a FB 26.5c calendar on 23July Tues, going long the aug9th and shorting the July26th, at 0.18 total net. well as soon as market opens...
just google it! loads on it, can use it if more bullish than bearish for eg but i'll give quick eg, if going to do a broken wing iron condor...
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