Hello, I've accumulated a lot of knowledge on how things work, and what to do when certain conditions are in my favour, however I suppose the...
Hello, I'm trying to make sense of the Wolfram Alpha daily return charts. I'm sorry if this doesn't belong in this section, I couldn't think...
Hello, I'm wondering if there's a practical way to find out the implied distribution of daily returns from a given option skew for a specific...
I was wondering if there was a site that had historical earnings dates? I use TOS right now, but that only goes back a few years... Thanks...
I was thinking... Front month pre-earnings IV is usually high and will likely drop post earnings. So wouldn't it make sense to buy back month...
So I'm trying to think of ways to profit from declining IV pre earnings. If I'm short a straddle, then the problem is IV will drop, but the...
Hello, So I'm paper trading a volatility trade here on LFT. IV has been pretty low, and I projected an increase in IV since this thing has...
I was going through some simulated transactions for short vega positions. I tried a short straddle and long butterfly, simulated underlying...
Hey, so I thought the point of vol forecasting was to predict whch direction vol would go then place the appropriate strat (fly's, ratios) to...
Hello, I was wondering if there was any value in this book? I've read options made easy, options as a strategic investment, option...
Hello I'm long a March put butterfly on the LQD ETF. The IV and HV is very low, but this thing fluctuates like crazy... two days ago, my...
Hey, I've got a paper-trade 40/50/60 put butterfly, that I can't trade out of! I know why (due to special cash dividend on shares)...
I'm on TOS and looking at a CIT butterfly for a 0.02 credit this is a DEC 2 - 1.5 - 1 butterfly I'm assuming this is too good to be true....
I've got a spread expiring this month, and one of the legs is a long put, and according to Td waterhouse analytics, it's long theta.... Wtf?...
I apologize in advance for my stupid question, but I recall in Natenberg's book stating that vega was supposed to be the sensitivity to the...
I was toying again with TOS analyze page, and since I'm into butterflies at the moment (paper trading them) I thought of using an opposing...
hello, Would anyone be able to recommend any volatility forecasting books? Preferably for Options trading? Or if anyone knows of any other...
I was just wondering Do any of you trade these? Where do you get in? Directionally (so just OTM and play direction) Or do you buy Near or...
Hey, I know McMillan has been recommended here several times, and so I'm wondering if I should get his book. I need to understand more what...
Morning, I'm long an ATM September call, and I'm thinking of selling an ATM Jul Call. If this expires in the money, (which I think it...
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