In your opinion, would it be more sensical to scalp gamma on an index, currency, or commodity where there is more "noise", or a single underlying...
Follow-up: If you long a straddle and scalp with the underlying, what potential adjustments to you make to the straddle. Example: Do people...
haha, thanks. I'll try to work something up to see if its possible to manage on the ThinkorSwim desktop software.
Random thought: Have you ever come across anyone scalping two closely correlated instruments such as a long ETF and a short ETF? Is this even...
I scalp quite a few indexes and futures w/ option chains. Rule #1, While scalping may be nice and sometimes save your bacon, the principle...
I searched out Gamma scalp on here and someone was asking about scalping a short butterfly. Obviously, bad idea. So if that's a bad idea, is the...
I agree, I've seen this being done with GOOG before as they are rather consistent with their implied vol (or MMs working off old sheets)...
Thanks for the great reply. At this point, my basic prospective is that this is a long vol trade, which if I'm wrong, the backup/profit lock plan...
Greetings all. Working on getting some long gamma/vol into my normal trade set. I've been looking at long synthetic or regular straddles. I...
Clearly, we're better looking. ;)
While I cannot rationally endorse PutzMaster's methods, the real key to trading is getting 'your' method, as there are many which can lead to long...
Lol, Radio write... yeah I've never heard of that one either! Darn auto spell check - ratio write my friends, ratio write.
It's that particular behavior I'm interested in. Now the options above the money are very very cheap as far as my perspective of the banks goes....
Don't worry I do this all the time. At about 11:00PM i'll have the greatest trading idea ever, and then by 9:00 once i've had a night's rest and...
what about doing a radio write or back ratio to go long both at the same time. If there is a major move in the overall market we'll see one of...
Gotta say, June was great. I pulled everything off on Tuesday, but only in order to get into July faster while the vols are low.
Every pro option trader knows: you make money with options the same way they were originally intended for: you manage risk. (I know two full...
has anyone worked a hedge between FAZ and FAS? I notice there is quite a bit of volume. Thanks
i didn't see if it was mentioned, but might want to try a diagonal play, substituting a ITM long call for the stock. Substitute with a call...
Do IB or Tradestation have decent back trading platforms? TOS is a bit behind the curve here at the moment and I would like to find something...
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