As part of a public experiment, I will trade a modified version of the Wheel Strategy and document the results here. Strategy parameters: - All...
Background My trading is 100% fully automated and run against a live (real money account). Primarily focused on micro future contracts MES, MNQ,...
I have a new automated strategy I am planning to go fully live with soon. I have been running it live with minimal capital since Feb. Stats are...
Background I have been designing automated trading systems for about 20 years. Most of my systems fail when transitioning from dev to production....
In my account, I only have vertical (credit) spreads. Looking at my margin requirements I see: RegT Margin: 24k Current Initial margin: 35k...
Lets say you sell short VXX calls expiring in 2 weeks. A major global conflict breaks out and the markets end up being closed for the next month....
I owned a 12.5P expiring Jan 25. The VRO settled at 10.65 which means, the Put was roughly $2 in the money. When will IB update my account to...
By most measures, it appears we are about to enter one of the most "uncertain" times in recent memory. Yet VIX/Option Premiums are near multi year...
My kids have an interest in investing their money vs having it sit in their piggy bank. What is the best type of account to create (from a tax...
What is the likelyhood that Barclays stops reverse splitting VXX and shuts it down, or closes the fund? i.e. VXX ceases to exist... Is that...
If I have a set of historical option data with IV, option price, date etc... But I don't have the underlining price of the stock, I should be able...
According to IB's documentation, historical data is only available for active contracts. Does the moment the contract expire, IB stop giving...
What is the relationship between VIX and IV on S&P index such as SPX or SPY options. For example, as you go further out in time the IV on the...
What are the purest IV plays possible? Looking to eliminate as much delta, and theta as possible and focus on whether or not IV falls or rises as...
It looks like generally when VXX gets around 13, historically they have had a reverse split. VXX is now about 11. Any reason why this time they...
Does anyone know where I can get daily historical option data for SPX? Preferably free.
After 10 years in trading and analyzing the markets, a light bulb moment finally clicked. This game is much easier than I ever imagined. I have...
I currently use Interactive Brokers. Every Friday I place a trade which currently consists of buying 75 combos. Each combo has 3 legs, 2 buys and...
for my strategy to work I need highly liquid options with tight spreads. Currently I trade only on Apple and spy for this reason. What other...
I have traded options,futures, stocks etc for the better part of the last 15 years. However, I have zero bonds experience. I believe the drop in...
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