I think we're in agreement and this thread hasn't dealt with any of the complex options strategies out there. So, no flames from me... :)
heheh. it's quite nice if you got the support of company management to pump up the share price. actually, between tasr and nvda for possible...
yea, i agree... this was too much of a gamble play and was just wanting to see if goog was gonna do wild gyrations this week. didn't happen....
Weird... Just saw on the message board that someone bought (or sold) a 1000-contract strangle/straddle (don't know the term now but one side is...
Tell me about it... I used to day-trade options which is probably the worst thing anyone can do, especially since I had to work and missed out on...
TASR split several times which increased their float and lowered the volatility. Also, I think many of the traders that were playing them for a...
oopss. sorry, my bad... i do mean the goog aug 330 calls. this is not really a goog trade, but rather a proxy trade for the tech market. it's...
go to www.888options.com and order the Options Investigator software... Pretty cool software and also has tutorial stuff on options. Maybe...
Idea for the week of 7/25/2005: GOOG 320 calls - got filled for 7 of them at 1.35/each (Risk-capital of about $960 with commissions)....
you can try www.ivolatility.com but i think they only have historical IV data not the options prices. historical options pricing is hard to...
Thanks for the support. Trading options is harder than trading the underlying (bigger spread, time limits, etc), so you have to be more...
lol Sounds like the riskdoctor Mr. Cottle. I kept going reading and re-reading each page of the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" before I could fully...
Anseld brought up a good point that this may not belong here in the options forum. I only trade options, so that's why I put it here. I don't do...
Thanks for the advice, arbmaster... I'm not the most sophisticated options player (not by a long-shot), but I am no beginner. I've read...
Greetings and Good Trading to everyone. After about 4 losing years, I think I may finally have a winning one this year. I've had my share of...
Bravo, Maverick! Bravo... Thanks for always trying to be helpful with your knowledge.
Very well said! Thank you, Vega. I've always thought that the spread on options have been fair. I remembered paying over a point on spread on...
I'm sorry but I'll have to disagree with the above sentence. Not just on this site, in my opinion. I was on Motley Fool for a long time and...
And it's MUCH appreciated. Thanks to everyone for sharing their knowledge. It's great to learn from everyone's knowledge and experiences. And...
Thanks Maverick. I'm long March 30 puts on IMCL. Small investment, lottery play. Explanation of the {long 21%}: It was a 70-30 30-70...
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