Owe $162.50 x 600 = $97,500 Receive $161.50 x 600 = $96,900 I would lose $600 but likely still have the remaining 2 legs open. How's my math? ;)
Thank you for your reply. Exercising my long option would require $96,900 ($161.5 x 600), which I do not have available. So in this scenario, it...
Looking at buying an Iron Condor structured: Buy 161.5 Put x6 Sell 162.5 Put x6 Sell 172.5 Call x6 Buy 173.5 Call x6 Has low volatility (about...
OK, I appreciate the reply. The original option ticker was TIVO and now appears as XPER. Spent about an hour on the phone with eTrade trying to...
I purchased a total of 50 $9.00 July calls which would, of course, be the right to purchase 5000 shares at that strike price prior to expiration....
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Looking at an option call spread with decent metrics but I don't know what is a good percentage spread in Bid/Ask to follow. In this example...
As Larry the Cable Guy has said ..."That's some scary s*** right there." Here's what I learned this week going forward .... Look for: Higher...
Yikes ...McMillian $99 in paperback. May have to swing by the library this afternoon.
I appreciate your reply. I have a book OTW from Amazon and will be reading while I'm away next week.
How wide? .... Dunno, didn't consider it. Dazed and confused. Now I know better. Market or limit? Limit at mid-point Thanks for your help. This...
Thank you. Lesson learned. Thankfully it was cheap.
Already looking at TastyWorks. Glanced at Tradestation. I'll likely have to eliminate some positions on eTrade to fund a new account. Is there an...
Yeah. Like playing baseball with a blindfold. BTW, BlueWaterSailor ... I'm retired Navy 1967 - 2002. E1 to O6. Loved most of it. May have to slow...
By spreads you mean difference between Ask and Bid, right? And IV is Implied Volatility. I'm sure there are web sites that will find this (IV) for...
Glad I asked. Here's more info. Which should I be paying attention to? [ATTACH]
Tell me please if this information reflects the trade volume. The numbers following the price of Bid and Ask. Thanks again for help. [ATTACH]
Yes, thanks for this.
Here's an example of my just poking around. Assuming there is some upward momentum, would this be a reasonable sample of what to look for? MGM...
Hmmm ... sorry I don't follow. Do you mean that bid and ask volumes should be close to each other so that the bids don't grossly outweigh the asks...
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