I'm a member of a site called GuitaristWorks.com, and I've posted two songs. The first one is just a traditional BossaNova style song with...
Well, almost never. One hour after I take a position, a news story comes out that moves the underlying against me....... it's a...
I wrote some options today, and while calculating the annualized return, I got to wondering how others do it. I mean, do you split hairs, or is...
I wanted to yesterday, but didn't.....:mad: So how about today? There ain't no way OXY is going to 95 this week, and I'm dyin' to write the...
Or aren't there a lot of "Hi, I'm new to options, and I would like to know a 100%, no risk, sure way to make money in them for free and not do...
So, I'm darn close to being ITM on a short OTM naked put equity position, and I want to be darn sure when the "finish line" is. The close of...
It's Devil-Day....................................:p
I was curious what people's home trading environments are like. I have two. My main one is a laptop at a desk in the bedroom. I usually have the...
This morning Merryl changed their price outlook for GOOG and another stock. The adjusted their GOOG price from 540 to 490. I always smile when...
My broker now has a new account view to select, "Option Exposure". It reads from L to R. Symbol, Delta, Position Delta, Pos. Gamma, Pos. Theta,...
Monday after expiration, and no new positions. See, I'm being cautious.....................:D
Man, this option stuff is a piece of cake... nuthin to it.:(
I know about the common formula for equities; 30% x Underlying - OTM amount + 100% of option premium = Margin Requirement; for naked...
I have to remember to include earnings season into my decision to take a position. I have an April call vertical, and an April put vertical(iron...
Well, kinda. The first thing yer probably thinking is, "Why is he at Ameritrade?". I dunno....... Anyways, I entered the symbol, "SPX" for...
Thanks again to ChrisM, and others, for the suggestion for freeing up more capital to take other positions. At first glance, I thought, hey, I'm...
Jan sucked, Feb was good, March was very good, now I'm salivating with all the trading/writing ability I'll have come Monday morning. My hands...
cnms2 posted a link to real neat option calculator, http://www.ivolatility.com/custom/pbc/ Thanks again for that. I have found two more...
I've read these terms so many times in this forum, but have been embarrassed to ask what they mean. For those of you like me, here are the...
So, Feb was good to me, I had several OTM options that expired worthless:) . So now I have all this selling power back again, now that the...
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