Stuart, Thanks for your input. Interestingly, I had stumbled upon Paul's website and was wondering about this article (or strategy) about...
Read all these books mentioned and then some. Unless you want to learn the basics, almost all the books give the same idea. Yes, the presentation...
I am not sure which quotes you are referring to, and may be I am not clear about your objective, but let's consider the basic premise of the...
Walt, First of all, i strongly suggest to visit cdowis's thread where we had some good points discussed on the calendar spread strategy....
and Updated part 2 wiht updated OPO file.
ok, here is the updated file (no change for part 1) I have to keep as it was.
My intent is no direct comparison rather evaluation of various options. Look at part 2 last 2 pages, I have your position in there. I have...
part 2 and scenario file. Comapre the Greeks, the breakevens, max profit/loss nos. for different strategies. This is just half the story....
and how do you protect 5 (or 15!) point move on the downside? CC is a limited hedge with a cap on the upside. Also check collar:...
Collar is strategy to follow if you already have the stock. Note that synthetically it is a vertical call. check this:...
What strike? Usually with calendars you have better chances (than vertical) to survice. Wondering why you bailed out so fast.
RedEyeFly, Don't miss the point of this thread which is to add a vertical instead of a second calendar. This will lower Delta and Vega and...
Not sure how you paper traded - actually on your own paper or the dummy money paper account provided by the brokers such as Thinkorswim. Don't...
I agree on the thoughts. The reason of my question was that you closed the vertical. I have heard Dan too. He does advocate adjsutting in the...
Do you think opening Double Calendar would have helped? Once the position is closed, the loss is booked. Instead of closing the shop, the hot...
Depends what is your objective. Considering the time left for July, what will you do if CVX is above 100 but below 105? You will be called out and...
Yup, Thanks.
There is a ton of material totally FREE, from this forum to online articles. Don't be fooled by the claims - "secret". There is none....
How did you have negative Theta? In your spreadsheet some of the months are not specified, so I don't want to assume anything.
Mike, Any update after your 2004 post (on page 29) on this. how did it go? Any improvment/suggestion?
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