I'm a fellow EE but I have to disagree with your assessment that CS is just code writing. Computer Science is closer to Mathematics than anything...
He is long the synthetic, he sold puts and bought calls, so he is long delta1 in Herbalife.
From the filing it seems that May calls have an strike of 23.5 and the Jan 2015 ones have an strike of 26. For the puts is only reported that...
Well, he sold european puts and bought american calls, It is close enough to a synthetic long position, would you not agree? The gist of the...
Interestingly enough, most of Icahn's position (> 11M shares) are in a synthetic long expiring on May 10 2013 (>3M) and Jan 2015 (>8M)....
Last Friday's biggest trade was a 5000 contract Put spread (1450/1470) for Apr20 and it traded nicely almost at mid on both legs.
Hi Doobs that was a great trade, I can't still believe the huge IV of the Feb1 calls on Friday morning, it was really insane. I wish I had...
Thanks for the update, it is appreciated. I opened a new thread in the retailers section, we'll see if IB or any of the other guys get enough...
Hello, I wonder if Interactive Brokers has any plans to offer the variance futures contracts from the CFE that were introduced recently (the VA...
Helo Heech, I'm curious if you got any more recent information about coms. There seems to be a disconnect between the CFE charging $8 per 1K of...
Both are equivalent and perform the same job with identical returns and risk (identical being used in the loose form). A few key differences in...
Thank you sle for the detailed analysis and the invaluable explanations in this thread.
Hello, there is a potential source of problems with the strategy as described by the previous paragraph. Most brokers will require that you...
Hello aijourneyman, there is certainly money to be made using complex option strategies. There are plenty of resources on the Internet and books...
Hello cdcaveman, some people call what you describe "units" and they are generally used as cheap insurance for some other strategy.
Hello Put_Master, just a quick comment. In the case of an ITM vertical credit spread the IV spike is actually helping the seller as it will...
Well, I also forgot about dividends and covered calls, so you can take back my question Sle.
Well, I forgot about those two things, dividends and covered calls, so you got me there. It is very likely then that the naked put seller under...
Hello Sle, I won't object to the last two points, however, I am curious if you really think that (a) actually applies to the scenario being...
Fine, lets use a better example. What about Herbalife on April 24 2012? that was a quiet day, The stock was around $70 and the Aug 65 Put had a...
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