Cover the long option on a touch of your short strike and sell some calls to get delta neutral. Double up like a man, man.:p ...or be...
Not sure if I understand correctly but I used to do this just by updating the latest portfolio info from IB (using their spreadsheet template...
Try using changes in ticks to calculate the change in $ values - that's a way of normalizing across products and it can be easier to identify how...
Yea, this applies on most timeframes and agreed it's untradeable. It's like saying that when a team is up by 3 TDs at halftime they're more...
Britspeak for "Isn't it?"....but by avoiding the use of an apostrophe it's also a punctuation arb that Martinghoul is cleverly exploiting.:D
NM. They said there was some bad exchange data being disseminated so orders were capped. All set now. Thanks.
Having trouble since 2pm - can't place orders or get them on the phone. This just me?
[img] I'm with you man.:p
There are various prices here which should help provide an idea of what the basis can be: http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_spt_s1_d.htm But...
I thought TOS had Prodigio which was supposed to be similar - would that be a good substitute or are the features too different?
When's the next dividend?
Just curious - why did you trade this over the 155/175/195/215 condor? Is it so you can leg out of it over time?
You would get the shares, your broker wouldn't early exercise a long put for you. There's no auto early exercise like there is an auto exercise...
Here's some info on assignments, and your broker probably has some as well.: http://www.cboe.com/LearnCenter/Concepts/Beyond/expiration.aspx...
Yea, if your short leg is ITM on a debit spread, that's good, if it's ITM on a credit spread, that's bad. To your point, yes, if your short leg...
If you're worried about early assignment on the ITM leg, not properly assigning on the long leg in a debit spread is just as much a risk as...
Given you're comfortable holding shares and you think it'll rise back to old levels just wait to get assigned shares and then sell a call at the...
I think the point Mav was trying to make was that as time progresses (and the P/L volatility increases as vol increases with time) -...
DITM options will usually have a wider b/a spread than OTM options - you can look at the synthetic (long stock, long otm put) to see if it has a...
I enjoy Pinkman's journal since I can identify with some of the success/troubles of trading crude in the manner he does. I'm also addressing this...
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