Other than a synthetic long or short are there other strategies that can be used when one is unsure about implied volatility going forward? If...
I'm investigating calendars and diagonals. So I'm at the point of watching prices. I have a mildly bullish bias on CEPH this morning, so I give...
I was putting together some spreads for a look this morning and got my strikes a little wrong and noticed something strange. The B/A spread for...
I've been noticing that typically a bull put credit spread has a slightly better price than a bull call debit spread. For example, DEC06 BBBY,...
Maybe I'm missing something, but with earnings season and shorts getting beaten up on this rally, I see so many threads here about not getting out...
I'm looking at vertical spread quotes in IB and noticing something I haven't seen before. A bear put spread (DEC 130/126) has a B/A spread of...
I've been trading stocks for a number of years and options over the last couple of years (but always simply buying calls, or doing simple...
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