Granted, I don't know squat about futures but how does buying index futures facilitate the OP's goal of reducing his concentration risk in a few...
No leverage if you replace 100 shares with one call LEAP. Using the cash differential to take on additional positions would be leverage.
If an option is one cent or more ITM at expiration, the Option Clearing Corp will automatically exercise your options whether they are long or...
A no/low cost collar is a good idea to protect positions, particularly if they are highly concentrated in a few stocks. For the OP, the collar...
Using a high delta call LEAP as a surrogate for the underlying is called a Stock Replacement Strategy. Assuming that the implied volatility is...
Expiration break even is easy to determine. It's the short put strike less the total credit received and the short call plus the total credit...
Look at stochastics and Williams% R so you can look at the same indicator twice :D
>> So my question is, how do I learn to read the market without any indicators? Indicators tell you what the stock has done. They can show you...
The answer to that depends on whether you are buying or selling the Iron Condor. If you hover the cursor over the bid price of the combo, an...
Put and call vertical spreads are interchangeable due to synthetic equivalence. IOW. a $100/110 debit call spread is the same as a 110/100...
It's hard to determine from the information provided if you would do better with options. Option spreads tend to be wider, premium decays over...
Given all the higher quality of services offered at major brokers who are now charging no commissions (charting, research, lower margin, shorting,...
You're welcome tally2019. Every way that you can get a better fill really adds up. Even a mere nickel or dime. FWIW, XLNX was about $93 near...
For the investor, another use is buying high delta deep ITM call LEAPs as a surrogate for the stock, often called the "Stock Replacement...
Using an option pricing formula, you can calculate the value of an option on any given day in the future and therefore, the future value of your...
Your question is a bit hard to follow. It would be helpful if you provided the details of a position: - stock price - strike price - put or...
After the last EA, ROKU's average implied volatility dropped 40 BPs. In reality, the near expiration dropped more. Let's go with 40 BP....
Here are some more random thoughts. The position is a diagonalized butterfly or iron condor, possibly unbalanced. I'd set up multiple ways of...
tally and Blue Water - You're welcome. Yes, it's time intensive finding these. And even if you find them, some may be worthless because the...
OK, here's an idea for ya. I used to trade a lot of high IV EAs. I'd look to sell a very inflated near week straddle or strangle and buy the...
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