They they are def. giving bad fills. Now I know why. Swabb will fill in increments of one cent. TOS is in increments of 5 cents of 10 unless the...
the pros collect fees..that's where the money is reallly made
It seems like most option strategies suck...either you make money slowly and lose a lot at once - or you lose money slowly and possibly make a...
With Shwabb I can buy at market and always get good fills, which means faster trading and more profit ; with TOS I had to constantly adjust the...
second one on swabb. single contract
update: Last week I switched to swabb...much better fills. They may not have a high tech trading platform but it beats bad fill any day. TOS is a...
maybe you should create a trading journal instead of cluttering up this forum instead
I guess the problem is some people is the risk to reward may not be that great . Long SPY (including dividends) gives almost the same total...
But if you're only selling 10 puts for every 50 calls it will be a problem if prices keep going up . I remember a long time ago selling a strangle...
I am predicting it will go down but I don't want to be hosed too badly it goes up more
Your whole post, while very informative and helpful, the method seems hard and too complicated. Just short SPXU and some TMV. 30 to 50 percent...
Sigh..what is a good option strategy then that takes advantage of high IV and does not involve disproportionate risk. Straddles, wide credits, etc
All of the puts I sold weeks ago that haven't yet expired have surged in value. Selling weekly ES puts that expire at 1700 for $60/contract...
FOMC was last week
Vega risk..yeah that's a big one. I was not aware of that until I ran the numbers and saw that the leaps lose a lot of money. Crap. I'm using...
according to the simulator using august results when the vix did get close to 60, the SPY 190, the contract would get as high as 25, which is...
well then I guess I need more time :)
those are some of mine
given the strikes, they will be worthless long before 5 months , so I'l close them before then . Admittedly, it's probably not a great trade....
The IV on these is very high...something like 50 According to the simulator I use, The low was 40 a couple weeks ago. the high was 60 in august
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