Well then. That got really exciting in the last few minutes. Scorecard: [ATTACH] Action: [ATTACH] Recount: SPY hit the put-side stop on that...
That's pretty much a direct restatement of what I'm looking for. First, I need to find out what the different potential adjustments for various...
I'm not particularly interested in critiquing someone's writing style here - it's essentially irrelevant to the information being conveyed - but...
One notable take-home from today: I don't have a quick go-to response for a vol pop like we had today, and it seems like it would be a really good...
Another 12-delta, 0-day IC in SPY, with VIX at 20.88. The Chinese tariff drop already happened this morning and the price of SPY seems to be...
I've been told that big bad gamma and vega are waiting around the corner to mug me if I hold till expiration. :) Seriously, though - I don't know...
XBI @ 82.01 STO 80P 30AUG 0.64cr Today, XBI made a largish down move, then bounced and stayed flat for several hours - so I sold at a strike well...
The short put I had open in HRL just closed for 50% after 7 days: HRL @ 42.15 BTC 40P 20SEP 0.85cr/0.40db Strategy-wise, I'm running the wheel...
Take-home from today's trades: Closing the wing(s) on that IC was a brain fart that cost me $20; they were going to expire worthless, and even if...
That's the bottom graph. Sorry, I should have turned on the header; thought it would have been obvious.
Frankly, I'm not all that experienced of a trader yet - been at it well under a year. But I've got enough length and breadth of life experience,...
Thanks, @Sig! I'm not particularly humble - in fact, I'm pretty arrogant^W err, confident about stuff that I do know through study and practice -...
Avid learner; having a ball with options and futures
Good solid boats, C&Cs - I almost got into one, ended up with a Morgan 453 instead. I've got friends who did the St. Lawrence route - I was...
Got pulled away by trading in the middle of writing my intro and didn't post them as they happened. Will put some effort into doing better in the...
Just a simple, average sorta guy. Came to the US as a kid, have been playing and having fun ever since. Got into electronics early on, pivoted to...
Hey, @GrowleyMonster - another long-time sailor/Linux/Solaris/old-time IT guy here. Keeping fairly mum, but quietly cheering for ya from the...
Thanks for the suggestions and the overview. Right now, my trades are nothing of particular note - mild success via rote mechanics - so keeping a...
@qlai, with all due respect - I'm afraid that literally every statement that you made about options in your last response is either a...
The challenge here would be determining which category credit-vs.-debit trading falls into. Option trading in general is indeed subject to fat...
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