Yeah, come to think of it, I would guess I know at least 70% of what they probably teach. Now I may not follow the same lingo. I might have an...
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I wouldn't randomly go out and sell premium without asking "why am I doing this?" Sure, the answer you give yourself may be wrong but you'll be...
Falcon, you really need to read some GOOD books on options rather than just read what atticus is saying. At least some elementary ones just so...
JUST MADE ME LOL...
Well if you have a strong directional bias, don't cap your profits with a spread- especially if you're trading a couple months out. If it is...
Oh so you did mean what the implied $ move will be. Gotcha. And as for the LEAPS outperforming the front month, I looked at the results in TOS...
so when you said where volatility will settle after earnings, did you mean implied or realized? Because future expected realized is quite easy......
The only way I currently know of doing that is looking at the implied move and calculating the realized vol based on such a move as an estimate...
Agree with the sirens comment. Haha!!! I draw these risk graphs in tos and drop the implied vol to simulate an after event drop and kaboom the...
What if only the front month vol is elevated with the back month skews (including leaps ) not elevated? I find that most often to be the case...
Gotta say Atticus you're a Freakin joy to read. I have a pdf of the 1994 edition of natnebergs book. I would post it here not sure if the mods...
HAHAHAHAHAH!!! :D What's a bad site? Porn sites? Dude, that's part of growing up. You'll get over it. You're learning to play with money...
I've read one of his books- volatility trading. Kinda cool that he is active in these forums also. Atticus, question for you: Would you rather...
Which brokers provide such contracts to trade? Seem quite interesting. I know CBOE a while said they'll be issuing Credit Event Binaries. I...
Lol, I'm not a pro but thanks. I wouldn't use the web based version. Use the desktop one. As for March yeah it's bid and for april it's ask....
What Don is saying Falcon is that you first sell the Puts (or if you already own the stock that's probably fine too). If the puts get exercised...
Lol! Ryan did mention buying those calls. Not sure how he adjusted.
Not new news but this headline is my favourite! Don't get TVIX'ed...
A bloomberg app? Is it for subscribers of the terminal or just a generic one?
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