How do you know the market makers are 'running the stops' ? What kind of debit spread are you talking about? A bull call spread? A bear...
DBA: The investment seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index -...
The probability I list is based on a presumed log normal distribution and is given to me in a graph by my broker (OptionsXpress). A similar...
I tend to keep things until expiration. This is probably wrong when judged by risk analysis. e.g. I am currently holding an ANR put spread...
HOG: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/harley-davidson-shares-rise-citi-170500367.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=HOG+Key+Statistics...
IRBT: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/technology/for-irobot-the-future-is-getting-closer.html?partner=yahoofinance...
GE: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=GE&t=2y&l=on&z=l&q=l&c= Trade: With GE at 19.04 Sell the Jan '13 12.50 put and buy the Jan '13 10.00...
Useless. Lots of better stuff available for free. e.g.: http://www.samoasky.com/protfolio/
I just read through this thread and found it very interesting. The most important thing to me is that putting on an Iron Condor is, like almost...
WMT: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/WalMart-US-samestore-sales-up-rb-2977239744.html?x=0&.v=3...
BDX:...
SLB: http://seekingalpha.com/article/296480-time-to-buy-schlumberger-and-halliburton?source=yahoo...
AEP: http://seekingalpha.com/article/295536-american-electric-power-whether-its-recent-love-is-justified?source=yahoo...
Here is a direct link to the CAT CC example quoted above: http://www.fullyinformed.com/cat-stock-rolling-covered-calls/ This is, as was...
e.g. Compare going long GE today and writing a Jan '12 covered call at 15 to buying a 14 call and writing the same 15 call: Long GE at...
A portfolio strategy of buying 'good' stocks and writing covered calls on them while tauted by many a 'conservative' amateur is not a good idea....
YHOO: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/And-the-Drama-Continues-for-zacks-640432760.html?x=0&.v=1...
BMY: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ahead-of-the-Bell-Analyst-apf-1613699753.html?x=0&.v=1...
I got $40 for the HES trade which gives a yield of 40/460 = 8.69% in 114 days or 27.8% annualized. Speaking of Boeing:...
WMT: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-16/wal-mart-raises-full-year-forecast-after-second-quarter-profit-climbs-5-7-.html?cmpid=yhoo...
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