I misspoke. By "other" I was referring to tradeable etfs such as SPY QQQQ IWM. That is an interesting point that you bring up with respect to...
You're right, but on a technicality. For other indicies if you're assigned early, flip out of the stock and reenter your position. But since OEX...
> One of them sells low credit spreads only (one side of IC), has an average monthly return of 4-5% since 2000 and no losing month since 2005....
Even if you're in a spread that has your overall risk limited, it's nice to see what your total exposure is in relation to your portfolio. It's...
SPX options are european, which means you can't get early assignment. Also, regardless of the style, if you're in a spread, the max loss is locked...
It seems to me that you're looking to use option selling strategies as a way to generate income. There are a couple assumptions you are making....
BXM is the SPX buy-write index, but I think it's a theoretical index and not tradeable. BEO is a tradeable covered call index, and there are...
I misspoke, I was not referring to IV in general, but how April IV much higher relative to other months.
Couple comments: 1. When looking at risk and reward, you also have to consider the underlying probability of success as well. There have been a...
hah! first post... sweet implied vol in the name is quite elevated, there may be some impending news coming out-- earnings up in a week or two,...
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