That strategy will hit a home run if the market makes a huge move, but that do not happen very often. Or you can keep most of the premium if the...
jwcapital, i don't quite understand the 2nd part "the underlying takes off with no more reversions". I guess the straddle would make money in that...
If I do gamma scalping with a straddle and delta hedge with stock, I wonder what would be an appropriate % profit target (based on the initial...
does anybody know if there is a web site to do japanese stock screening, like what stockcharts does for US?
the answer can be plain simple: trade stock: you deal with "delta" only trade option: you deal with 3 more "greeks" so if you can't trade...
does anybody know how to get the option greeks in IB excel spreadsheet? Using the standard IB Excel spreadsheet, I can only get the delta and IV....
- a few of you have pointed out the tax issue. actually i live in "some Asian country" where there is no capital gain tax. so i don't have to...
actually i always wonder whether those guys make more money from trading or selling courses???
I'm just thinking of way to meet these 2 conflicting objectives: 1) take money out of the trading account to meet monthly expenses 2) grow...
I've got a question on implied volatility. Usually, 1. the market goes down much faster than it goes up (not always, but usually) 2. implied...
i just wonder what floor trading techniques is still applicable to screen trading, and what is not??? not sure if it's directly comparable, but...
got the answer....because of dividends
i'm looking at the option price of CAC40. hope someone could have an answer: CAC40 index @4051 now Apr 16 ATM option 4050 call @43.7 - IV...
can we get a hint from IV?? when huge volume are bought, it'll inevitably drive up the IV. also, option buying is more for speculation...
......what are the major option prop trade firms in HK????
i've got a question on calculating delta with NDX & QQQQ options.... for example, if i have a position on NDX, and then i want to adjust the...
for option with value below 3 KRW, bid/ask spread is 0.01; otherwise the spread is 0.05. you can find the info on KRX web site. www.krx.co.kr
John, thanks a lot for your advice. That's very helpful. I really appreciate that!!!
Could you give us some idea how to determine a "reasonable price" for a spread, butterfly, condor, etc?? Given the wide bid/ask spread of SPX...
when i put on an order to trade SPX spread (whatever spread with 2 or more legs), the turn around time could be as much as one minute. Quite...
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