are you trading singles or spreads? selling/buying?
in on this
dailytheta.com under education has intro articles. also, condoroptions.com has good articles on ICs under strategy.
Very true. I've been seeing this when I apply vol and day steps to the risk profile.
I was just looking through the thread and noticed that I didn't reply to you, sorry. What happened to me was that I sold spreads to close to the...
you received a credit of 0.75 yesterday for that spread and closed it out for 0.25 today, netting 0.50? orders in tos papermoney tend to...
it seems like those aren't frequent trades. are there any that you put on more frequently?
1. that is a good plan, it just seems a little difficult. I'll have to work on my timing (: 2. i suppose i must do what you say here but it's...
I use tos and am able to view risk profiles of p/l, delta, gamma, theta, and vega. I like your reasoning for using puts over calls because I know...
I use verticals most but I am looking to add calendars and/or flies/condors
thanks for the reply. 1. I must ask, why? 2. say i think RIMM is staying between 55 & 65, is there a way to structure my calendar using...
I have a few questions for anybody willing to answer: 1. what is the difference between a put and call calendar? 2. using a calendar, is...
Great insight. Thank you.
I've read a few pages on your thread but haven't gotten through all of it. Do you have a link to a specific post that explains your approach to...
I will take a look at this, thank you. So nobody recommends ICs just yet?
I didn't get hammered is was just my choice of wording at the time. How would you apply risk management rules to this account? a max percentage...
I like credit spreads except for the fact that my timing needs to be pretty good during volatile environments, such as the last few weeks, or else...
I am not sure if I am headed in the right direction. I have been studying, paper trading, and real trading mixed options strategies with mixed...
this is awesome! I am on a work pc on vista w/ ie 8 & both exe's run great. Thank for your work
well hopefully you caught some sense of sarcasm from my post. i'm not sure what providers are in the monterey/sc area but in salinas there is...
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