I've got an order in at Fido to sell my OIH Sep/Oct 135 calendar at 3.20. Looking at the TOS trade screen I see the Bid jumping around...
[Carried over from the Married Puts thread] OK, so what is a BWB? I've seen some references to putting them on at zero debit, but I assume...
I just filled a couple of option orders at Fidelity. When I checked the order status it said Routed INTERACTIVE BROKERS L.L.C. I thought...
I'm looking to roll my OIH Aug 135 short calls to Sep, it's one leg of a calendar spread. OIH is up almost 2% to just below 140. Here are...
Got this from the Yahoo Finance page: http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/business/8167 BEST COLUMNS OF THE DAY Boomers won't sink...
The board seems kind of slow, so I thought I'd post this. SPY Sep: S 123 puts B 121 puts S 131 calls B 133 calls for 85 cents.
I got into a discussion on another forum where a guy stated that the MMs can manipulate IV, for example going into an earnings announcement. I...
I did a put credit spread on a stock last month. I sold the long leg just before expiration and allowed the short put to be exercised. My cost...
[I don't know if this is the right place to post this ...] I saw this article by Robert Kiyosaki on Yahoo today. I've seen these numbers quoted...
I was having a discussion on another message board about option pricing. I was going by what McMillan says in "McMillan on Options" that there are...
I see on his website http://www.optionstrategist.com that he has both managed accounts and a volatility arbitrage fund for qualified investors....
[Warning: volatility traders, greek-neutrals, etc probably don't want to read further. You might get upset.] I wound up having 1000 shares of...
Does it ever happen that puts that expire ITM don't get assigned because the owner was "naked" at the time (i.e. didn't own the stock) and it is...
One book says do some TA and write CCs at resistance and NPs at support. Another book says look for stocks coming off their 52 week lows to...
Every stock and index I've looked at today has the 10 day MA crossing below the 30 day EMA in the last week or two. Is that meaningful for the...
It looks like they rate 80 advisory services. They charge a subscription fee ($99/month for one month). Anyone tried them? I'm thinking it...
I'm looking for opinions on this strategy: Pick stocks out of the 30 DJIA with the fattest premiums. I think there are about 20-25 with...
I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere but I haven't seen it. Let's say you decide on a strategy to write covered calls on the QQQQ. You...
I mentioned this on another thread I started: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69124 I didn't know whether to reply...
I did a search and only found a few references from like 2003. They seemed generally favorable. Anyone have any current opinions? Any...
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