Nice couple of days we've had this week. I'm currently long a mix of ES, NQ, and TF. I decided to hold on to my contracts after being close to...
Whatever it was it seems to be fleeting, a couple of small bounces can't stop the train moving in the other direction.
There's a spike, was there news? Edit: I was a second away from capitulation on my longs, hopefully this is a reversal and not a fake out.
I have a question about rollover day. Do December options (exp Dec 16) expire before or after the rollover is taken into account? The March...
I had some 1215 calls on ES. We closed at 1213.5 so they were OOM. I think the deadline for exercising is 5:30PM EST but I'm not sure. I was...
Follow up from me? I got assigned on most of my calls and bought in on the short at a loss. I lost like $800 on the stock and then sold all my...
Ok, I think I see. So if I get assigned tomorrow I'll have to buy GRPN to cover and I'll basically be out my whole net credit and left with long...
I still don't think it's that bad. It's a risk free 10% profit if held to expiration, in one month. I'll have to wait to see what happens...
If I'm that guy you can rest assured I have no idea what I'm doing. I just sell puts because it seems less risky than straight up holding the...
Heh, figures we'd get a big down day before the puts I sold expire on Friday. They were looking so good too. I hope we recover in time, need to...
If the stock drops to 23 lets say, then if I get assigned at any point from then on it doesn't matter, because if I were forced to buy in it would...
I sold 35 boxes at around .75 each, that's 2625 in profit minus around 100 in commission. I only gave up 3 cents on the calls. I can't imagine...
I decided to gamble on the "risk free" option bet. Did a 23/15 box spread for December, and a couple of other combos when I saw those with a high...
I've found that at some strikes a box spread on groupon is positive. In theory this should be a risk free profit, but it requires selling a call...
Maybe, but you would have to get assigned or liquidated in the middle of a short squeeze to be hurt. I can't really see either being that...
So what happens if you short a call and for some reason get assigned early when the stock can't be borrowed? Can't they just buy you in at...
Calls are less than half the premium of puts right now. You can sell a July $24 put for 8.20 and buy a July $24 call for 3.20. That's a net...
I don't have any answers, I just have my perceptions based on my limited background. A background that started under the presumption of you can't...
Let me just start by saying I don't think I have any unique insights on this issue, so I'm not trying to antagonize anyone or accuse them of not...
I'm guessing the taxes are worse for stocks since they don't get the 60/40 split, but it's probably an insignificant factor for a casual investor...
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