huh.... never thought of it that way. if it ain't broke (for 95% of people) don't fix it.
lol, aside from a stupid commercial? I'm not sure... AFAIK it didn't change, but I'm most probably wrong. I guess I'm worried that TD will...
TOS is more expensive... but i'm playing with small lots (<5 contracts) and small amount of funds, and i'm not active. plus, i'm still...
+1 on TOS tho you can't do Canadian equities and funds are held in US dollars
....hmmm i read this and thought, "why would they say that?"... and then i looked at your name....
I would think you'd need to know something about volatility....
understood! except now I've got a bearish bias when i do believe my stocks will rise, except I want to protect against the things I have no...
yeah, i'm trying to figure out how I can insure without giving up my upside, or substantially giving up my upside. i see that rolling collars...
Yeah... I realize I can't get something for nothing... My apologies for the bombardment of questions, but is this crazy? I've been playing...
thank you both again. spin: yeah that's what I couldn't get my head around, if the call goes ITM, buying back and rolling would cost me. I...
I was wondering if anyone uses these... and if so, is there a strategy where you can "roll the collar" so that you move "the legs" as the prices...
thanks again Mark and spin, that really helpful advice. That's very true... something I have to work on.
That's a delicate balance I have to learn. Since it's hard to sit there and watch the price go down, but I believe (when I've been long the call)...
thanks spindr0 I guess I never thought of "managing" it if the underlying tanks. I suppose I could turn it into a bear call spread...
thanks for the replies. Mark: The underlying (Canadian Oil Sands on TSX - COS.UN) was moving sideways, But yes, either up or sideways...
while we're on the subject... anyone see anything wrong with this strategy? (aside from getting hit on the spread) I've had small successes...
the rabbit hole grows deep the more you read up on it. You'll find that options aren't really used in the way they were "designed". Most...
thanks heech... the plot thickens...:eek:
you can write a program/script to automatically trade for you? That is awesome. How do you do that?
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