so the news of buy out with 20% premium had nothing to do with stock price's spike from 30 to 36$ ? It just happened to happens that 36 was the...
If you sold 1 put for ten individual stocks , how do you know who was those ten people that bought them or why they did it? Maybe five of them...
excellent post. I would add that pros probably paying heavy overhead to have "smaller spread" , so we are even and "Complex strategies' does not...
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PHLX extremely slow to confirm the market order you are a straddle/strangle player(separate legs at the time),fast confirmation that one of the...
no , I don't have it as a recorded document , but everytime my buy order(Smart) was execute by PHLX I had issues did not suggest to exclude PHLX...
If you want to swing via options , why are you going long? Why not to short the put instead of buying the call when you are bullish(and vice...
I developed options analytical software,it's ready for presentation/use. Looking for a partner with an experience in sales and marketing in this...
nice post.Do you know similar site that allowed you to use/trade options?
no , just Gamma play ( with aggressive delta adjustments) in "almost free" of Theta affect environment. ATM current month long straddle only.
riskarb , what do you think about this strategy? 1.Enter long ATM combo for XYZ(preferably with high HV?IV ratio) ONLY at the last week of...
Thanks for reply,riskarb , your opinion means a lot(I actually joined this site after reading your posts for a week, very impressive).BTW,most of...
I agree that both strategies will have the same results over a long time period,but not month by month my statedly sharpe ratio(piece of mind for...
1.Sell 10 calls 30 days for 1.36 (total=1360) Buy 14 calls 60 days for 1.92(total=2688) at next exp XYZ at 32 , P&L=(-1328) 2.Sell 10...
no,I meant to compare two strategy: 1.Short call 30 days and long call 60 days 2.Short straddle 30 days and long straddle 60 days. All the...
run scenario for calls only vs. the straddle play. Stock at 40 , IV at 30,short ONE month , long TWO month,ratio 1.40. If month from now XYZ=36...
what do you think about buying ATM leaps straddle and selling Current Month the same straddle(with ratio and preferably with some skew). Other...
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