Yes, this sort of trade can be legged into in a single day, but yes, it can take 1-2 more days. In fact, sometimes, when the spot price drops...
Also, the real trick here, is to leg-into the position using current changes in spot and volatility as opportunities to buy or sell the calls so...
Long $160 Short $170 Short $180 Long $190 Did you look at the image that was attached to the message you quoted?
Someone may have been in front of you in the queue to buy at that price, leaving you waiting for the next to come available.
For anyone else wanting to know how to do this (its not in the video), when you go to configure columns while in the OptionTrader, you may need to...
OK, I've been giving this a try. It quickly becomes obvious what the main issue with this approach is - the margin requirements can be...
Thanks for the link... too bad you spoiled the gesture with your not so nice comment though.
Hi all, I'm tired of going back and forth between tools. Does anyone know how to get the delta of an option from Interactive Brokers? Thanks!
No, but there are actions one can take to salvage a position towards one's own goals vs. someone elses. To the OP, if you intend to keep your...
Freshpotato, Did you get what you needed from Lar? For the IV using the Black-Scholes method, you're going to need: The quoted option price....
Completely agree. The only thing for me is that in order to maximize the R/R, I need to focus on the strike selection and not let the Double...
Good thinking... if you place your IC positions that far in advance. I look to place mine about 30-45 days before expiry, so in some cases, this...
Here's a very close to free OOTM Call Condor on AAPL for MAY'08. This one cost less than $100 per basket and could return as much as $950. In...
With the recent peaks in IVs, Iron Condors are nice and fat. Outside of this, I have a hobby of trying to get free ootm call condors by careful...
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