There is not much to provide guidance on as you haven't provided anything substantial to even comment on. A credit spread is a directional bet (to...
Rolling over a losing position so "as to not take a loss" is an illusion. "Rolling over" is nothing more than closing an existing position at a...
Look up contract specs on the respective exchange - e.g. http://www.cboe.com/products/equityoptionspecs.aspx and http://www.cboe.com/products/ If...
American options (note that this has nothing to do with geography) can be exercised at any time throughout the option's life. European options can...
Just because an option can be exercised at ay time doesn't mean that it would be. There are specific economic reasons for exercising an option...
Standard deviation is usually expressed as a % and Sharpe ratio as a number.
You can trade it with any broker that offers access to US options market.
You statement is inaccurate. The risk/reward ratio of an iron condor depends on how far OTM the options are. So the closer the options are to ATM...
I don't think there is, but you could use PBP. It tracks the BXM index, which is essentially the same thing.
There is no way to recover a position. No such thing as a magic strategy that would make a loss go away. Any "adjustments" that you make are...
This is probably the most often misquoted/misused statistic in options. 90% or whatever the exact % may be of options that are held to expiry...
Yeah I know, but some use 260 (e.g. bloomberg has 260 as default). With respect to this thread it's a minor point really. Because if you want to...
There are about 260 trading days in a year. Generally speaking trading days are used and not calendar. The reason you have to take the square...
Yep, that looks right: 0.7204%*sqrt(260)=11.62%
When you say the option price went down, which price exactly are you talking about? Last, bid, ask,...?
Why not just buy 149 put and sell 135 put (i.e. put spread)? It's exactly the same position with less commissions and slippage.
No, you are not missing anything, you are actually spot on! Mind you that this risk/reward ratio applies to OTM credit spreads.
No, unless there is some dramatic move afterhours, it is virtually impossible for a DITM put not to be exercised at expiration.
No, they don't give you back the profit. If you want to lock in the profit you either close out prior to expiration or go through the exercise and...
Well, I don't know who those "industry people" are, but I doubt that anyone would commit serious money to a relatively long-term strategy like...
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