Investing in stock market indices via option spreads beats buffet?

Discussion in 'Options' started by Trading Education Buyer, Sep 17, 2016.

  1. would investing stock market indices call spreads offer returns greater than investing in stock market?

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  2. selling call spreads would have done very badly in 2013
     
  3. exactly the answer expected on forums manipulated by sponsors
     
  4. ever done any anylysis /back tests on buying calls on spx/djia/nasdaq weekly/monthly , at a support after oversold /fall and selling at the same time sell a call at the money on weekly /monthly?selly weekly and or monthly call spreads

    let the above options expire , and when you have losses , after 2 weeks losses buy an extra call spread


    your equity curve should look like this

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  5. I am looking for excel sheet WITH calculated risks and all calculations must be provided .Detailed excel worksheets required for each entry/week/month /strike/strategy with risk reward calculations.

    premium decay on calls /spread should be greater than annual returns from stock market investing
     
    Last edited: Sep 18, 2016
  6. cvds16

    cvds16

    yeah, try that in 2008 lol
    it seems we got our new moron of the month trying to do something in options ... lacking knowledge doesn't seem the problem ...
     
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  7. Call spreads are limited reward strategies.
     

  8. agreed with your wisdom

    if you could get breakout/trending spreads in place of call spreads , we could do better .You need options to run their profits to expiry for profitability
     
  9. ironchef

    ironchef

    No. I seldom held any of my options to expiry except occasionally on some short calls.
     

  10. On some of my strategies , I do the same and this is where here is money to be made , by taking calculated risks. I write long term butterflies , then buy back the short middles at much lower cost after premium declines and let lower and upper ride for large gains .
     
    #10     Sep 19, 2016