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Hi ES, You keep repeating this notion that playing with house money is not gambling. This is akin to saying that if a gambler goes to casino...
I have read quite a number of posts over the past year that the reason some traders are now reluctant to sell premiums in index options is because...
Thanks a lot, dpt.
I use Interactive Brokers ( IB ) but am not resident in US. If I short a stock option and subsequently exercised against, will IB automatically...
Appreciate some help if possible. Thanks.
Hi Profittaker, I understand you do not deal in US stock options, but to your knowledge, how do you compare them with London stock options in...
No argument at all. Pardon my choice of words.
Why do you say you will not be short Calls over ex-div day? Don't stocks go down by the amount of dvidend after ex, and shouldn't that be good if...
So after taking into consideration such circumstances when selling at 10% and later realizing a much higher volatility, can you still say they are...
The argument here is not whether one should sell naked or bounded, but whether it is better to sell in index or stock options.
Buying or selling strangles?
Is it true to say that index options are chronically overvalued? Even at 10 % I.V? Compare it tot the I.V of stocks regularly at 30-60% ,...
Makes sense to a novice like me.
Do you trade stock options in US? If not, why not? When you say that you trade regularly on half a dozen stocks that you concentrate on, do you...
If one is prepared to hold stocks if exercised against, then arguments against stock options like less liquidity becomes less relevant, right? And...
Do you concentrate on just a handful of stocks or do you scan a large number of stocks to see if they fit your criteria to execute various...
Yes, but I was thinking why don't they expand it to include selling puts on stocks that they are willing to hold if exercised against, and in the...
There are quite a number of funds selling premiums on index options but I have not come across any funds doing the same on stocks. The same goes...
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