Piccon: I see the NDX closed above 1650. How did you make out with your problem? Hopefully, things worked out reasonably well, under the...
I called to have the following added: 1295 DEC SPX 1310 DEC SPX Should show up tomorrow. Is tomorrow a holiday for trading?
I decided to add to the 1275/1280 DEC bear call position. Got it filled at $0.50 today. The mid was actually at $0.65 so I placed an order...
Interesting. I assume you have other positions in place not mentioned here. Because the 1205/1195 bear put doesn't hedge the bear call. For...
Thanks, Coach. I just want to add one more point for now that I forgot to include above. Anecdotally, I have noticed that it is very hard to...
Clearly last October and November were strong moves upward, which apparantly is true most of the time for this time period. I'm afraid my post...
Coach: Given the following two (and there may be more): 1) The IV skew favoring premiums with puts 2) No corresponding black swan event for...
Andy: Check out yesterday's postings.
I'm pretty sure I requested the 1290. I currently don't see any open interest on it which is probably a good indication that it just got added....
I called yesterday to have the following option strikes added: Dec 1290 Jan 1290 Jan 1310 Glad to see that they have been added;...
I decided to place some bear call spreads today. Got the following filled: 1285/1300 DEC SPX bear call at $0.55 Then I decided to follow...
July 20, 2005 Online Chat with Tom Preston
Coach: Did you get a chance to review the ToS article on rolling the "safe" side of an IC using a regular condor as opposed to two separate...
Coach: The market's got a bounce up that may prove to be more. Are you looking at any bear calls? I've got the DEC 1285/1300 in my sights.
I posed this same question to TMS live support online. Here's the response from the ToS person: "I called the broker and he was working it...
The wierdest thing just happened. I'm trying to clear up margin. So I placed the following on ToS: Buy back 1085/1115 Nov SPX for $0.20...
Momoney: To get the 80% probability, you are multiplying .9 by .9. The part that I think makes this confusing is that only one side can expire...
Momoney, Your analysis for what minimum premium to collect is interesting and makes sense to me. While I'm not advocating that an iron...
Coach: I find myself often having to wade through all of these pages to find your current positions or to find a sort of 'boiler plate' answer...
Coach: I've noticed that when you place a trade, you, more or less, commit a large amount each time (typically 50% or more of the margin you've...
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