I don't have an opinion on this strategy(not my game) , I just summed up what he did and applied some facts to get back testing results. Maybe...
you probably realize that with SPX move of 5% in any direction , you will lose 8.5 points(about six month of gains). SPX moved seven times above...
So much for all those Ph.D.'s , IVY league grads and others... And it's probably based on voluntary reporting , so real bad results and ones...
risk, what is 97k in % from total capital? thanks
If you having success with "Buy Leaps , sell current month" strategy , you can do it 52 times a year instead of 12 now, lol
you are right , I just got a bit confused with European style... Wow , what a great news , maybe one day they will do it on the equities level. Thanks
I never traded European style options before. How one can lock the intraweek Gamma profit or adjust long Delta position in this case? If SPX goes...
so the news of buy out with 20% premium had nothing to do with stock price's spike from 30 to 36$ ? It just happened to happens that 36 was the...
If you sold 1 put for ten individual stocks , how do you know who was those ten people that bought them or why they did it? Maybe five of them...
excellent post. I would add that pros probably paying heavy overhead to have "smaller spread" , so we are even and "Complex strategies' does not...
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PHLX extremely slow to confirm the market order you are a straddle/strangle player(separate legs at the time),fast confirmation that one of the...
no , I don't have it as a recorded document , but everytime my buy order(Smart) was execute by PHLX I had issues did not suggest to exclude PHLX...
If you want to swing via options , why are you going long? Why not to short the put instead of buying the call when you are bullish(and vice...
I developed options analytical software,it's ready for presentation/use. Looking for a partner with an experience in sales and marketing in this...
nice post.Do you know similar site that allowed you to use/trade options?
no , just Gamma play ( with aggressive delta adjustments) in "almost free" of Theta affect environment. ATM current month long straddle only.
riskarb , what do you think about this strategy? 1.Enter long ATM combo for XYZ(preferably with high HV?IV ratio) ONLY at the last week of...
Thanks for reply,riskarb , your opinion means a lot(I actually joined this site after reading your posts for a week, very impressive).BTW,most of...
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