Understood. Thanks.
Well, you won't see this since you have me on ignore, but suffice it to say I didn't ask for trading advice. And if my response was enough to...
Thanks everyone. I'm just gonna watch it for a bit.
I'm not at all interested in talking about the reason why I placed the trade. Suffice it to say it's part of my plan, which works well enough to...
I didn't feel like the price climbed as much as it should have at the open, either. I attributed that to volatility dropping (i.e., long vega...
Yesterday near the close I bought some OTM calls on SOXL ($136.14 at the time). Jan192018 $163C $2.84 This was pretty close to the middle of the...
OK, thanks. For T ($36.17), I see the Jan19 $36 combo price as $0.08, which feels like a wash. Annual dividend is $1.96, so it seems like I...
No, I was just wondering if far expiry option prices actually reflect near term dividend payouts. At some point the expected future value...
sle, in your experience does the lowering of the call value (and raising of the put value) mostly effect the nearest expiry to ex-dividend? I'm...
Well, one certainly sees a lot of "strategies" to the contrary! (Seeking Alpha I'm looking at you.) Heh. It's almost as if memorizing the phrase...
I assume given the manner in which upcoming dividends are accounted for in option pricing that options provide no opportunity for high confidence...
Well, sure . . . but I'm not planning any trades any time soon. Just looking for confirmation or refutation of my hunch. The B/A spread has...
Help me out here: say as a retail trader I submit an order to buy at the midpoint of a $1.00/$1.10 option ($1.05). Is it fair to assume when my...
My biggest beef with spreads versus individual options (long or short) is the added commissions and fees to get to a given level of potential...
Somebody educate me on put prices near ex-dividend. (I don't trade for dividends.) I assume y'all are saying the price of the put rises to...
I've certainly seen plenty of discussion by seemingly "good" traders who prefer to trader closer to the money, even with spreads, and they accept...
When I submit near the midpoint I rarely get filled "soon". It might take a minute or even 10 minutes. At that point I should probably go back...
I didn't miss the point, we are on the same page. I fully understand that "synthetic" equals "same strike and expiration". Read my post more...
I literally have no idea what you are trying to say.
Correct. The synthetics are clear. In my view, the strategies often aren't similar. Most people selling naked puts are doing so OTM to "bottom...
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