riskfree-- you've never made a mistake? Give Mark a break. In the next post on that thread, he humbly admits that he was wrong, which tells me...
....quoting dmo.... The other side? You mean if you start out delta neutral and short gammas? I would just call that being short premium. In...
dmo-- Your explanation of skew makes total sense to me. Excellent job. I think the reasons for the skew are obvious. The market has dropped...
The last trading day for most of these index contracts (SPX, IWM, RUT, NDX, and others) is the third Thursday of each trading month, one day...
MTE is right. The opening print may also differ slightly from the opening price for the index since it is calculated using a different protocol....
Finding the delta of a spread is as you suggest. Simply subtract one delta from the other. Many brokers will also give you a portfolio delta so...
BHAM_TRADER How about an update. How did July go for you?? I had to make a couple of adjustments, but came out quite nicely in the end.
Yucca, I'm following your posts with interest and enjoying your commentary. It's obvious you are using options to implement your views of the...
Why go ultra small and hard to see? Charting and navigating on a Blackberry, or other phone with 3G is a problem with those micro screens. Just...
I have noticed that no one here has referred to NDX. I have found that it is fairly easy to filled at 5-10 cents off the mid. I don't have too...
BHAM_ Your chart of RUT is superb. How do you set it up to show July and August 0f 2008? I have TOS which has PROPHET charts, so I'd like to be...
I laughed so hard that I cried when I saw the swan picture!!!
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