Exactly the reaction I had. I seriously think he's just messing with us. He's like George Bush- smart on the inside but acts all dumb on the...
Initially I read "I got a daughter interested in you..." HAHAHAHAHA
Can't wait for atticus to reply to ForexForex... Welcome to an exercise in convexity ForexForex...
Take it this way: You are given two choices- Choice 1: you make $1 a day every day with a 99% probability. But can lose $100 with a 1%...
(Long) Straddles and strangles are, for the most part, one of the least of my favourite strategies- especially if the market is bullish. Stocks...
And btw, if you think convexity is a "big word" then logically you should have been against it in 2007, 2008. Those who understood convexity,...
And the source of your information is...? Oh wait, nvm, you were there yourself. My bad.
Kinda confused here. So 1-2 cents per contract as in 1 option contract representing 100 shares? Or as someone said multiply by 100 to get...
Or maybe slightly deeper OTM options? Similar premium same size?
If you're betting on volatility, why contradict yourself and cap the profit? The whole point of going a long straddle or strangle is you know for...
You mean IB or ThinkOrSwim? ThinkOrSwim is just a paper trade account :D IB on the other hand I'll try some java with it soonish. Should be fun...
Me neither. I don't think anyone would since that's not the definition at all. Given the limited number of earnings, the variables to be taken...
First you say this the following in this thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2133958#post2133958 Then you say...
Scammers at my P.T. job do it all the time. Activate an account on a contract, resell the contract to someone with lesser credit and sell the...
I'll make it simple for all of you: Just use Call-Put parity. Problem solved.
Pretty sure those were the words- That's dirt cheap! I pay 0.70 with IB and I'm happy. Has to be one of the cheapest out there.
I was referring to back-testing for earnings related moves. So even if you analysed 3 years worth of earnings activity, you have 12 data points to...
Could you elaborate on how I would trade fewer options? Don't quite grasp that. Gawd I need sleep... pulling an all nighter here...
But IV is dictated by the option price itself- unless all those codes I wrote a cpl years back for this undergrad class was in vain... What am I...
Thanks a lot amazing. Kind words. And I'm not Sonoma... .. got the wrong handle there..:D
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