without doing the exact math. just looking now at an option chain i can sell a 138.75 call on apple that expires this week that will net around 30...
do you mean that if i buy it now there can be a drastic change in the vega tommorow, or do you mean that the farther out i go the higher the vega...
as i said i will always also be long a weekly call, albeit, farther otm.
the leaps put have a delta of a drop less then 4. so if the stock goes up i am gaining twice as fast then i am losing.
i have two replies to your comment. 1. that the market goes up gradually so even if the market goes up 4 percent, most weeks since i am selling...
i think you misunderstood me. it could be i wass unclear. the plan is to buy 100 shares of apple. then purchase a leaps put ( the spread on the...
can someone tell me the drawbacks to the following very elementary strategy. buy 100 shares of apple. buy atm or a little otm put with far out...
i know this was probably discussed here many times but please bear with me and help me understand. right now i do not currently day trade. before...
i see that some professional traders judge the strength of the market by looking at the majority of the stocks if they are following the index. i...
can you kindly elaborate?
i am looking at different securities that have extraordinary high option volume. is there a way that i can tell if they were bought because they...
i have 3 basic questions regarding implied volatility. 1, why is it that the farther otm you go the bigger the imp v is? 2, when i pull up an...
can someone please explain to me why when there is a rise in inflation it has a negative effect on the stock market?
i have never studied this pattern before. is bac setting up to form a cup and handle breakout?
in this strategy that you are mentioning there is one naked short option?
so you are saying that i good way to set up what i want to do is instead of selling and buying with the same strike, the short should be at least...
if i buy a stock of 2 different companies at 10 dollars. 1 goes up to 20 and the other goes down to zero. i then close both positions out. do they...
thanks for responding. my question is if let's say i am short a front month 405 strike and long a back month 405 strike. then the stock shoots up...
so say before the short call expires, the index goes up. what would be the most common thing to do? roll out the short and roll up the long to...
the point of what i am trying to accomplish is to sell a couple of shorter term options to cover the cost of the long option so that eventually if...
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