you may be a directional trader who doesn't care about anything,you either take the prices ... or not, and ultimately that is what it boils down...
No- it's income so the threshold remains the same and the rates are income tax rates. You can use CGT rules if it's simply a matter of buying an...
I use the greeks to estimate what will happen to my positions when, or if 'X' happens and for comparitive pricing. Options are complicated and...
I have traded UK (FTSE) options since '99 and I am self employed so I have the usual thresholds. I also took on some PAYE work which is no problem...
Any of these studies that fails to use real trading is less than worthless- it's insulting to those of use who trade the real markets. Academics...
here's the kicker: If a trading strategy has a positive expectation, then the use of initial stops will only serve to degrade performance.
Aparently not-I make good profits and cannot give away my mentorship-just about everyone's approach to trading is destined to fail -aftwer 16...
I think I get it-but you guys do your own thing and I'll keep pocketing the profits, IO cannot be bothered to dig out the old BS calculations and...
experience mate! Vol can vary hugely from one strike to the next,and vega from one expiry to another can be massively variable-got the T-shirt and...
http://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/10473/delta-neutral-gamma-neutral-positions I never trade options in isolation for the reasons stated by...
you are right then
unreliable as in ..... delta and gamma are fairly good metrics,but vega can be a wild ride-vol is subject to many deviant forces,from liquidity to...
Vega is the most unreliable of the Greeks- be aware that options neutrality is a passing phase and things soon get out of wack-hopefully to the...
I'm keeping my slaves
what is the underlying? This is an intra day index play,very close to expiry based on vol explosion
They even survived rubbish acting
Whaaaaaattt? Insurance is a scam? Well we all have a choice-I like being the insurance company though
The stats support the manipulation consipracy for FTSE-it gets ramped up to help out the put writers
can't wait for nuclear fusion
The joke of 'growth' should not be underestimated-there is no growth it does not begin to compensate for the debt growth. Main street gets raped...
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