The 2004-2005 period was a low vol environment with range bound price action. What Trend following strategies were difficult to execute and...
What is your best guess?
With the VIX being low and there being little realized and implied vol. How did options sellers survive this time period?
Given the example long spot position in the ES below (or other SP500 equivalent), assuming that the position is held for a week or two, what would...
Does anybody have experience/success selling put spreads by selling the long protective call when the market is still rising (or topping) and the...
Most of the time IV ends up being higher than realized volatility, however during huge market sell-offs IV tends to be lower than realized...
What do experienced options buyers do in these times who want to bet on volatility without the danger of vol crush? Are long dated or short dated...
With the recent busts of LJM and optionsellers.com, I have been thinking about the feasibility of selling options without risking a blowup....
I am looking for an algorithm that identifies parabolic PA (similar to Nasdaq in 2000) on the daily time frame in stocks.
Many option sellers employ leverage when selling OTM options to compensate for the low premium received. This exposes them to huge losses during...
It appears that CTAs that run commercial newsletters or give lectures do not have to be registered with the NFA. However, do affiliates and...
What is most effective way for a trader/investor to continually hedge against a large drop in the S&P 500 without giving up a large part of...
There are limits on how CTAs can advertise their services to the general public. But what about trading education services (classes, etc)? Do the...
How much would you invest in a CTA that returns 30% annually with low DD?
What country has regulation that can get a CTA going the cheapest and fastest without much red tape. What are the pros and cons with this approach?
Is it possible to sell, for example, USD for South African Rand, collect the higher interest rate for say 2 years, and then buy the USD back at...
I would like some feedback on the performance of one of Tim Sykes students. His equity curve does seem to resemble that of an option selling...
I have seen several different quotes from different sources concerning the cost of getting a ticker symbol on on of the OTC exchanges (with Pink...
I was wondering what the exact difference is between legal stock promotion (as occurs often in the financial world) and what the now closed...
Is this at all possible? If not, would options on futures be a possibility?
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