Successful trading may be a long and arduous road. You may go down this road and find that it works four out of five times. But the one that...
Yes, a bid/ask may show up from many sources. Often it is the last bid/ask from the day or previous day. Before the open on TWS, you'll see...
CL is not very good for AH trading and only monthlies really trade. Generally, you get the fill with slippage. ES is much better, but it's still...
ES, as well. Equivalent to 5x SPY. Generally, very good option liquidity.
Here are some questions. A. Do you have the legal right to take over the trust? B. Are there other beneficiaries? If you are the trustee,...
There is the infamous story, I think from McMillan, of the popularity of selling teenies during the 1980s bull market. Month after month, year...
It's "moot," not "mute," OG.
Don't turn around, uh oh oh. OP's in town. Hey, FWIW, I routed directly to CBOE (instead of SMART) with no data loss. Still, the retrieving...
Same here, OP. Looks like about a 90 min gap in data. I don't chart options usually, but what's up with that?
Well said. That is truly the goal of every trader.
For the average retailer, you can't make (or lose) money without taking on risk. Perhaps you got this from some of the replies, but you've got...
AKA Baghdad Suicide Bomber, um, Spread Thingy If the front strangles remains OTM for a while it looks OK. Slippage should be considered as an...
OP's playing games, but for the sake of discussion. Yes it will work...sometimes. As with many trades there are a myriad of possible outcomes....
It's impossible to predict. Yes, generally, there will be some IV collapse. But often, at the next open after EA, IV can be all over the place...
You're Wrong! It is a stupid trade. No offense, OP, but it shows a lack of understanding of the realities of option markets. Generally, not...
Looking better, OP. GL.
You're thinking of futures margin. Futures p/l is handled as a cash flow, not FOPs. FOPs are m to m but as unrealized p/l. FOPs use SPAN or a...
There's no absolutes with option valuation, but the ATM option will very likely lose considerable extrinsic value. But it probably won't go to...
All we do is buy and sell crap in an effort to make some money. You may get big enough to get on somebody's radar, but by then you'll know enough...
The position is bullish and not much payoff for the risk. If ES dropped a bit - the options are still OTM - you'd be stuck with an unhedged put...
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