Thanks ExchangeRider and qqqoptions. FYI: the ThinkorSwim chat rooms blow this site away for useful responses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1etXvU-5gk&list=UUXx4UxmEFWtaFYBNict0j3w&index=3&feature=plcp...
I went back and found the video. I followed the author's link to more videos and he showed one in practice. He started with a single calendar and...
There are some videos on YouTube where the guy uses nothing but CALL spreads for his double calendars. Why would he just use CALL spreads?
If someone exercises a PUT they get money, if someone exercises a CALL they get shares. Sometimes an investor may be in need of cash so they...
I have an educational video on Double Calendar Spreads that starts the position with a PUT spread below the money and a CALL spread above the...
HA that's funnyl. Actually I'm convinced that I'm not very interested in the trade that I started this thread with anymore. I think I will use...
I thought that you could avoid a total loss in most positions if you see that the market moves against the position (or not enough in this case)...
I'm not focused on one specific strategy but this thread is. Why would jump to the conclussion that this strategy is all I do or study?
Somepepole are getting very specific about the names, there are articles on seekingalpha.com and theoptionsguide.com that call these trades...
I'm looking into this as well(but I was looking at it as an earnings play). I'm going to do more back trades but right now I have found that...
Because I don't know, I went to theoptionsguide.com and it describes what I was thinking about doing as a Reverse Iron Butterfly. But really, I...
If you sell regular Iron Condors for a 10% gain it would only take 1 loser to equal 9 winners but in practice you shouldn't let it expire with a...
If it didn't move right after earnings into a profitable range I would close the entire position and take the loss. I would lose a few days of...
OK I see that now. It is a Reverse Iron Butterfly when the options that are bought are both ATM instead of a Reverse Iron Condor. Am I right about...
I was wondering if anyone here had used a RIC around earnings because it can make money if the underlying moves enough. It appears to me that it...
Then something must be wrong with the profit-loss graph displayed by TOS for this trade which has happened to me before due to operator error; but...
Is Convexity the same thing as Gamma?
NYC you're so crazy, an anaconda looks great as a neck tie. Have you tried that?
On the RIC, if the underlying moves up or down more than $5(or one strike) at closing it will make money, end of story. At that point, IV...
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