You can twist it anyway you like the fact remains that if you had been using a covered call strategy or naked puts your getting hurt badly in this...
Is this guy serious? CC sellers are getting smoked aka naked put sellers. He sounds a lot like a guy from vegas who litters another options...
Its early and I would think about hitting the middle vols on the call side of the SPX... lookin at how fat the 1520's are compared the whats out...
You are only kidding yourself if you really believe that even direct access firms dont have soft money deals and payment for order flow deals in...
IV LOL you been laughing at the bozos on yahoo
this thread was about how someone thought that covered call sellers were doing well, they're getting smoked, end of story there. "blended"...
Just wondering where you get your data for what is typical?
You'd have to be selling calls a lot closer to the money then the puts you're buying. The use of the premium to just buy calls out right as we all...
PLaces like the CBOE and PHLX used to offer FLEX options on equities which essentially was an attempt by them to replicate OTC options. The PHLX...
Happens all the time. Look at the calls in the SPX. Quite frequently since the skew in the SPX is so great, and there are so many strikes ( ie....
I am not doubting their guideline are out dated and in some cases down right silly. You gave the impression that there are guys out there calling...
I dont think a lot of brokers are saying that. Its not in their best interest to have their clients get smoked.
ssmeg, but its conservative and they were protected right? LOL
Any decent options trader who had the savvy to buy calls and hedge them with the stock (short stock long call = long put) made a fortune this...
Whats the point in posting vague innuendos from an un-named source?
The pump in the VIX is a case for having bought options already not sold them. The covered call crew is taking hits for the reasons already...
Very very funny.... We have a crop of guys who trade individuals but thats not a name we trade and I dont sit on that desk. Long front month in...
Sorry I am not versed on how retail people get their assignment settlements. I would assume that as long at they were in the money you can expect...
there is no mystery, those contracts are auto exercise.
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