I appreciate what you are saying, there is some good discussion here. FYI I've never been to a seminar and none of the books I read recommended...
I never said "sit on the OTM puts". Of course I would adjust/roll etc. I might even close SOME positions at a loss if I have to in order to get...
I agree with you that if you're looking to get the same premium, it IS safer to trade ATM vs DOTM if a big move is about to come against you. This...
Im I'm curious how you manage ATM puts? Yes the theta is very high but your delta to start is .5, so if market trends against you it will go...
Just watching the intro now. Too hard of a sell. Love the "I paid for my vacation by trading all before getting there". I thought I would do this...
You are not a US Citizen nor a resident of the US. There are many non-us investors that invest in the US (real estate, stock etc). Receiving a K-1...
Yup I saw that too. Also the margins on short options went up. Even very deep OTM on SPX. PM for 1x contract that was ATM was only a little more...
If you're talking about individual stocks then there's only one way, just trade its options. In general, if you expect the stock's volatility to...
Good luck, there's lots of great education out there. Keep learning, reading and keep posting questions!
Uhm no, if you had sold options BEFORE the increase in volatility you would be sitting on more short premium than you collected, so you would be...
Yup. Got burned on this today. Had a few puts that were pretty good OTM heading into this morning. Well the SPX opened gapped down to 1877.94 (no...
I would like to see about 10-15% per year inflation so that my fixed rate student loans gets wiped out fast.... so please mr. goverment, print...
Obama? ; )
I dunno but I kinda doubt it be under 500k. Anyway, I noticed the couple of previous times the jobs report comes out the market goes the way of...
Hasn't white clearly embraced what is right by electing a black president?? (or i guess half black, but progress is gradual right: )
I stopped trading options with IB because of this. However, for stocks and futures I have never had any cancellation fees charged
John Roberts' attempt to make Obama an illegal president fails lol : )
It broke/is breaking through through MAJOR support right now. I agree if it stays below this level and does not rebound, there is virtually...
Exactly. They cannot ban him because he is the founder of ET He posts on ET to stir up topics. otherwise ET migth wither away into nothingness....
I just noticed on thursday and friday during the day the margin on ES was 3k something during regular hours and 6k (the normal it has been) AH....
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