Here is an actual case of retail option trading. When I wanted to learn about the market 5 years ago I talked to a friend who was making a...
"There you go. Now you have the data. Please report back to us after you test it." No correlation between your links and what I was talking...
"It sounds like you think that selling high IV does not work because it did not work for you in this case. What makes you think that it does not...
Yes on American style options, no on European style
"my question is why would you sell a call which gives you unlimited risk when you can buy a put and achieve more or less the same thing " Not...
Going to zero would be extreme unless you were buying options for $10 the day before expiration. But here is a fairly typical trade: I bought a...
I used to sell puts on the QQQ's and made $ on every trade. I've also bought puts on the Q's thinking I was timing a reversal and have lost $ on...
"You're safe as long as there's time value. Even if you get assigned on a contract with time value, you can reopen the position and be better off...
I read the books and started selling IV as a way to make $. I found out real quickly why the IV was high on the calls I had sold. Stock that had...
"You can adjust delta by shorting the equivalent shares of stock." I'm confused on this statement. He is short a put and the stock is going...
Correct and it does happen all the time. Actual example -OSIP closed around $60 one day. After hours they announced FDA approval of a drug they...
"so are you saying she had a stop on the amount of $50...but the market ended up stopping her at $800 off instead?" 1. Options only trade...
"so it sounds like professional don't daytrade...or do they?" When you see big positions of options go through, They are holding them for...
" when people talk about hedging....doesn't this lesson the amount of leverage you are putting forth?" Yes it does and the quickest / easiest...
You don't have to worry about an early exercise on a naked call that you are holding for a short term. The risk is in a big move against you when...
I've posted how I trade out of losing positions before and got ridiculed by a few of the " experts " that seem to thrive on this board. But here...
IB.
I can't believe this happened to me twice in the last week. Both times I placed a buy order on a Nok 09 leap at $1300 splitting the spread and...
I have my IB account set up for trading HK stocks and was thinking about some Alibaba. But recently saw a reference about individual investors not...
I use Smart with IB and leave the default settings. Recently I placed a buy on some NOK calls at $1300 when the spread was about $20-$30 on each...
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