Thanks for this insight, yes I did buy just before earnings - the premiums on this have been really high. What you say is completely logical to...
I have an options account, and the truth is I can't seem to find a basic strategy that allows me to risk a little and make a lot - except just...
Thanks for the answers. Options are truly baffling, and never really respond as expected. There are just too many damn factors.
What is more likely to give you more return, a single option at the money with a Delta of 50, or buying two lower priced options with a delta of...
Here is your problem - you sold premium hoping the stock price will not change much - BUT it is almost impossible to get short so it just keeps...
After spending about 6 months using it every day, I am extremely negative on Tastyworks. Now, I am not experienced enough with options to know if...
QQQ is the slowest moving underlying I ever tried. I suggest you try the /NS NasDaq mini futures. Or the /ES SPX futures. These things move fast...
Oh - another "option" is to buy the futures /ES (for SPX, for example). These tend to have far less premium decay when you are close to...
My guess is that you are buying puts or calls that are too close to expiration. You are getting hit by GAMMA - which is the time just before...
Sorry I can' t read all the posts, but I tried the selling premium thing (Tasty Trade). They had me sold on the idea that premium decay is a...
Another thing is this - look at the Delta. That is the % of move your option will get for every $1 move the underlying makes. Usually you can...
OP here, I had not been back in awhile. Thanks for the replies, truly appreciated. I don;t doubt the Sosnoff sincerity, I just often get the...
I am a very experienced swing trader who has been trying options also - it is extremely hard. You need to understand how options prices change...
The downsides are these - with options you pay a time premium and you have to be correct on the timing. If you go VERY far out in time (a year)...
Strict compliance to do what, though? They can still front-run, dark pool and run test trades for price discovery. Why would I ever get a fill...
I am very skeptical about the honesty of retail brokers. I used to day trade for profit all the time, but it has become impossible in the last...
All of this talk about only making the premium is way off target. When you sell calls you do get the advantage of being on the right side of...
If the stock gaps down your covered calls MAKE money. A covered call is "sold to open" (to someone buying your calls for your shares) meaning you...
BTW: TastyTrade has been evolving its strategy as time goes by (and I am new there). The newest change was to say it is best to manage your trade...
Yes - I guess they "invented them" - however, if you know what it is then your broker offers whatever you want. You just have to set up the legs.
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