Many of us have a main profession (like teacher, doctor, lawyer, engineer) and we do trading on the side. But I spend as much time doing market...
Those covered call ETFs that sell at ATM in my opinion are unsustainable because if the stocks drop, they lock in losses at ATM. Any thoughts?
With the recent meltdown of the banks and the financial sector, many brokerage firms are also affected. How financially resilient is Interactive...
My understanding is that ACTUAL options prices are results of bidding and asking among buyers and sellers, but option Greeks are mathematical...
My ITM short puts on TSLA at strike 1200 got assigned. But on the TWS quote monitor, it says my average trade price is 1159.61 rather than 1200. I...
According to CBOE, the equity options stop trading at 3:00 PM EST on expiration Friday. http://www.cboe.com/products/EquityOptionSpecs.aspx...
Looking at ES June quote, which is 1130.50, I did a simple risk-free interest rate discount assuming r=0.0025 and 150 days approximately. I...
A typical scenario: a 5-point vertical spread trading at 0.25; If you short the spread, you receive 0.25 credit; the odds of payout are 1:20...
This question may have been asked before. I am looking for daily high/low/open/close data on S&P since April 26, 1973, the day CBOE started...
I was looking at charts of the past few year and trying to determine how strong the correlation is between interest rates and commodities. Higher...
The new format includes entities such as swab dealers, managed money, producers, etc. It also includes the long and short interests. What is...
This was a reply to another thread, but I have decided to make it a new thread to see what others think. I concur. Peter Schiff has said that...
I want to get some feed backs if possible: "Perhaps the most striking example of the new demand dynamics for US Treasuries comes from Bill...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/opinion/13herbert.html?_r=3 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=150546 The way I...
Hello: I have been using the Scheme and C++ algorithms from Espen Haug's website: http://www.espenhaug.com/black_scholes.html They work...
Hi all: With the Fed creating trillions of dollars out of thin air, and with so many warnings in the media and YouTube, I am genuinely...
Hi all: I am wondering whether hyperinflation and devaluation of the currency will cause abrupt rise in all asset prices and thus cause massive...
I am trying to hedge in case of war, market crash, inflation, deflation, and depression. What do you think will preserve value or even increase in...
Hi all: I have devised and tested a strategy using the standard Black-Scholes and a qualified random walk model, and I have found a strongly...
Setting all these differential equations and models and theories aside, all it comes down to is designing positions to make profit. I have...
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