Good summary by Mo. Bank profits or morph? Hmm.. Will check out the "Writing options for a living" thread... OC is successful with his style...
You're surprised? Read the broker reviews, mate... you'll know.
Dear option traders, I understand the definition of "expectancy". And that any given option strategy has a less than zero expectancy over the...
Joe DiNapoli - had a chance to chat with him. Cool guy.
"Investors in hedge funds overseen by George Soros, Louis Bacon and Paul Jones would have made more money this year by buying shares of a...
Come on guys - buy, buy, buy! :)
There is only 1 thing that stops the rally everyday - the closing bell...
Go long till 07th Nov guys... what happens after that is anybody's guess...
[/B] Although I dont understand haircut, I shall try to explain why it is treated as "naked" in Reg T. You have a short back-month call or...
There is no problem with regular flies in a retail account. Coach was exploring cross month flies that can be only performed with haircut margin...
Thanks for your post, Mo. Appreciate it.
I had a chance to chat with Joe Dinapoli briefly and he did mention that the pilot profession is the most conducive to trading.
LOL. That is a good one. One of the best around here at ET.
Thanks for your time and explanation. I come from the high-probability SPX FOTM credit spread background... slowly realizing the success...
Thank you. The call IVs for Nov are extremely low - at 8.x %. Absolutely no premiums here, I guess. So aren't call sellers at a big disadvantage -...
Dear Coach, Can you please explain what causes the calls to be skewed? Is the market telling us something through these skews? Thank you.
Dear Mo, Thanks for your good posts and can no one in ET can match your ability to dig out (g)old posts :) EDIT: I had a couple of questions...
What I meant is that the delta (due to the low VIX) is not reflecting the acutal chance due to the relentless push higher by the markets. Yes,...
My concern is that we're selling under-priced call spreads in a bull market, as part of the iron condor. Why under-priced (for seller)? Because...
Pardon my ignorance, but would you be kind enough to explain that in the context of the SPX IC / DD? By trading a short iron condor, the...
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