That one, I believe.
Just because you're halving your delta, that doesn't mean you've halved your position. Selling the vertical creates a new position that happens...
First of all, the "change" column in option quotes is completely misleading and should be ignored. Options don't trade nearly often enough, and...
If you're already w**king two jobs, don't even invest in something that requires you to check every day. You don't have time, or likely patience,...
Yeah, and we all get free puppies on the third Friday of every month. I'm starting to run out of names for mine. Heh. If only there were such a...
I don't think you can generalize to that extent. I'm also not a fan of selling half a position. You either believe in the position or you...
That's every call buyer's dream "problem". You think there's more upside available now, but do you think the stock will stay up for five more...
Allow me to reiterate my advice that you should focus on picking stocks first, and tailor your option strategy to the stock second. There is no...
That's easy. The same as covered calls. See above. Learn about covered calls. I don't mean to offend you, honestly, but 10k isn't nearly...
The best way to learn about options is to track down some beginner's reading material on the intertubes, and read it. Understand what you can from...
I think I see why covered calls look so attractive to you. Someone, somewhere told you that you could eat your cake and still have it. This is...
That's a problem for me too. The key is finding a solid underlying issue and choosing your strike price wisely. Still, I write naked puts and I...
See, this is the problem I was talking about. People always focus on the strategy, and not the stock. Almost every equity mutual fund out there...
That's the trick. Sustaining a covered call (or naked put) portfolio more or less depends on the stock trading in a relatively narrow range. If it...
There's no reason to be a cistard about it. Knowing the multiplier of a particular series of options has nothing to do with one's ability to trade...
If by "hedging" you mean buying puts corresponding to the stocks you own, I agree it's expensive and not worth it. If you own shares and puts...
Brokers don't charge you interest for margined positions. They charge you interest for borrowing cash. If you don't have a negative cash balance...
With all due respect, coach... Most ordinary investors can safely ignore the minus sign in front of put deltas. If you're computing the net...
Thanks, Spin. That other board was like watching one monkey on a thousand typewriters. Moderated boards make me happy. More wheat, less chaff.
What's hard to believe is that there is an imbalance of prices. Why? Because in the time it took you to ask us how many contracts to trade,...
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