Any time you are long gamma, the shape of your P/L curve could be described as a smile shape, or a U shape, or a saucer shape, etc. Any time...
Going through the logs of the options video I posted, I noticed that after the US, more visitors came from France than any other country. I...
I've started a new option blog complete with educational option videos. Well, one video so far. It's all free and I have nothing to sell so I...
Someone just asked me if I knew of any online sites or programs that have option simulators for commodity futures options. Does anyone know of...
I promised in another thread to post what in my opinion is the number 1 most direct and precise factor driving the skew in S&P500 options. Here...
I think some of you will find the attached article of interest. I'm not sure I believe the results claimed for this approach, and the study was...
Most stocks have an options skew such that the lower strikes trade at higher IV's, and the higher strikes trade at progressively lower IV's. A...
Is there any easy way to get the next ex-div date and estimated dividend for any stock? Thx.
If you look at MCD June calls, there was huge volume today in consecutive ITM calls - the 45 calls through the 52.5 calls. On previous days these...
I seem to recall reading that if you're short stock, you can be forced to buy it back earlier than you wanted to. I'm not talking about being...
Lessons learned moving from options on futures to options on stock: A few days ago I noticed that you could do a reversal - a risk-free...
I came across a website, www.ivolatility.com They provide options data and an options scanning capability. Has anyone here used them? Any...
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