Wow, a competitive marketplace. The way it should be.
I jokingly say this, but, it still happens. If everything is on autoquote, it doesn't get stale. At least on the CBOE, where you can't eat on...
You could look for trades when the MMs are at lunch. Hehehe. Middle of the day is always lazy time, so, markets don't get updated very quickly....
"IV plays on calendars work well if you enter the spread with a big IV skew. If the IV collapses the front month price drops far more than the...
My impression was that your question was very broad. It would have been better to ask, "what are some effective delta neutral strategies." You...
This is just a guess, but, I think you are looking for a magic bullet. It doesn't exist. Your question has been answered many times. The reason...
In a zero sum world, I have no doubt that is true. However, derivatives aren't as zero sum as people would suggest. Very good traders make...
"I was being facecious and silly." Aren't there stages in which a person passes through when they receive bad news?
"I took the liberty of graphing out your ideas... Buy Signal?" You're dillusonial. You still graphed it!!! When you you say, wait...
I have been wrong with my deltas, really really f$@%ing wrong, and not lost a dime. On the other hand, I have been right with my deltas, totally...
Maybe a few of the option exchanges go bust. Maybe the VIX will go to ten because nobody gives a shit and volumes have dried up. People hate the...
I totally agree. The zero debit spread is an extreme case. A .50 debit with a possibility of earning 4.50 is a hell of a risk reward ratio. If...
Yes. The markets line up so that buying on the bid and selling on the offer would allow you to purchase a fly for a net credit or zero. Doing so...
Excellent idea. If the options are liquid, you could leg at decent prices. When IV shoots up, MMs are sometimes able to enter into flys at no...
That is hilarious. Traders throw the stuff on the floor although usually torn up. Besides, you print up so much of the shit you have no idea...
One thing you should be careful of is entering the spread at a good price. IBM spread markets should be fairly tight, probably .20, even if the...
When I was a MM, I used to tell people that I was a shoe salesman. When I couldn't go any further without cracking up, I would tell them my...
IB has a flat rate per contract. It does not matter if it is two orders.
They discuss this in threads like this: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=5992
What was the net credit or debit?
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