@taowave The margin for a TSLA strangle right now with strikes at 700 and 800 is 14k, while the iron condor is 500, $5.00 wide. ~97% less margin,...
I by far think the most important variable is which equity you choose... Keeping a decent expected value over x years using this strategy imo is...
Where are you paying $.25 for options? I currently use tastyworks as they cap commissions at $10 a leg and don't charge to close, which I think is...
Interesting... Bummer these are for buy orders only
Thanks for your responses! It still seems strange to me that people would expect to get filled at anything better than NBBO, given that it is the...
Hi ET! I am doing a little optimization surrounding slippage and avoiding it on 4 legged orders, and I realized that I don't exactly understand...
Interactive Brokers has an order type called Adaptive Algorithm that I use to sell strangles. Can set a limit price or market price which it will...
I sell strangles, theoretically an extremely risky strategy, so I have no such problem with risk; the low risk/reward I am looking for is confined...
Gamma scalping? What're you like independently wealthy? How are you picking equities for these bull call spreads?
I ran it last earnings season and was pleased with the results, but yes you're right, still in progress. Also, I am absolutely not a master of...
Ok, so I run a strategy that only uses available capital for a small amount of time and runs on a quarterly system. The question is, during the...
I currently run a strategy that is very attached to the quarterly earnings system, and now I see all this nonsense about changing the earnings...
What would happen I think is I could wipe out the profit for the quarter, but it hasn't happened in the last 5.5 years unfortunately, and I cannot...
Whats interesting is that FB has slipped up a few times with large losses in the past, not just this most recent, although that was dramatic. FB...
That is a very good point, and I am somewhat concerned by this. Not much to be done unfortunately, without more money or drastically reducing...
So I am completely new to the forum scene, including Elite Trader. I am a 20 year old who has been trading for several years, derivatives,...
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