You're not expecting the APR montly to lose much vol after earnings? That is my primary concern. I'll still probably make a decent profit. I just...
I just realized the APR vol is quite elevated too.. Silly me. I'm thinking about adjusting a little by selling the APR exp and buying the May...
There's nothing to back engineer lol. Just see what I originally posted. The other thread discusses it too... Very similar to a calendar that...
I only use paper trade but from the times I've spoken to the tech guys, I was told the spreads are direct access. No reason why it shouldn't be
Yea. That's correct atticus. Apparently its called the Tarzan does Jane trade. I like the risk with it. Not scary
Yea its earnings Fings crossed
GOOG double diagonal +640 C / -635 C / +625 P / -630 P 10 lots The long options are all APR exp. Shorts are weeklies. And APR straddle...
I typically only get directionally biased calendars going into earnings. A week or two before EA I close them because I'm usually content with my...
Yeah the risk graph looks quite juicy!!! Thanks spindr0. I think I get the gist of this setup...
Wow, now this is an excellent thread! I'd love to know that too. Damnit, too much partying last couple days, gotta get serious now.
You had me at chart patterns.. next!
So you enter into a Calendar first, then see if it goes your way for a few days, then enter into the rest of the legs?
No. Cry me a river
There's numerous ways to do it but I'd stick to excel.
not sure why you need excel. I mean it's nice to know. All those graphs can be generated from your software. But I havent used Excel for trading...
It should be fun just paper-trading it.. I think I'll try that and see how I cope with it. Anybody with suggestions on any particular...
I think I'll keep it simple and stick to setups that are easy to understand and hedge. The more complex you get, the more pain. Tarzan can do...
I just thought it was a regular double diagonal. Hence why I thought it's like a calendar. I should have read that posted risk graph better....
Calling yourself an atheist and demanding proofs from climate scientists about whether or not AGW is a fact or not proves you're not educated...
This "buttcrack" trade is just a slight variation of a calendar. A double diagonal/ Tarzan does Jane trade etc is just two calendar spreads.....
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