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If it's helpful, I have been paying a $5 ticket + $.75/contract since I started with them last fall. I have a small account and trade at most a...
If you think that a stock may suddenly collapse to zero, then all other things being equal I think buying the monthlies would make more sense....
You can theoretically bid or offer any price you want for any spread, but that does not mean you will get a fill.
Perhaps he meant 20% annualized.
I think using alerts is actually the best way to go, and I would not generally recommend that you hedge a short vertical--I just wanted to present...
I do not use OH, but if I understand you correctly, you are trying to protect your credit spread by entering a limit order to buy the spread back,...
One has to respect that atticus actually has some skin in the game here with an SVXY position. No offense, but you have been defending the...
The option prices already reflect that information (underlying price, implied volatility, etc.). However, I think there are two ways in which...
I definitely agree if your opinion of the underlying hasn't changed, and you are simply rolling out and/or up/down in hopes that the stock won't...
There are definitely some adjustments you can make, although as other posters have noted you need to be judicious about doing them as they can be...
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Did you disagree with my statement that the options market is very efficient at pricing in the expected move from earnings into the option...
The options market is very efficient at pricing in the expected move from earnings into option premiums; there is no "easy money" to be had. As...
Another potential vehicle is the recently introduced PHLX currency options (Yen/USD is ticker XDN). I traded XDN once this month and was pleased....
+1 on Sinclair's books, Options Trading and Volatility Trading. I suggest McMillan's Options as a Strategic Investment as being a great place to...
A couple of thoughts...I think vertical spreads can be a good choice when you have a directional opinion and IV is elevated. As the saying goes,...
A vertical doesn't open up to its full value until very close to expiration, or when it is deep-in-the-money. Because you bought a July vertical,...
+1 Thanks Nitro.
LiveVol has this; for the last two years of earnings you can see, for a 10-day band around the announcement, the stock movement, the front- and...
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