OTM puts of stocks and indices, because of the skew, are not priced the same as OTM calls. Unless one is a marketmaker who lives off of the...
Technical traders tend to be weak hands, esp in volatile commodities such as ng. Using a large stop is probably a good idea if you're a long-term...
If it hits 6, consider it a gift, and buy.
He has been saying things about TTWO for about four years. Talk about beating something to death already.
I scaled in, and now I am scaling out. I am ready if it drops--I agree that 6 is probably as low as it will go. I have sell orders in the nid...
How short term is this spec (a day? a week? longer?). I am somewhat surprised, since I haven't seen many of these kinds of positions in your...
Gee, wonder if anyone sold those teenies on Thursday? If, so, I hope they hedged!!
Yes, I bought one on Friday too: 8.825. I looked back over six years of NG trading--the worst short-term drop I could find. I'd love to trade...
NIce trade. I was just curious--in that situation would you ever consider putting on a 1X2 or more spread (ratio spread), buying a lower vol,...
IB only offers Feb and March contracts on both emini oil and nat gas (IB deals only in electronically traded futures--a major shortcoming, imo).
But can you trade these at IB? I am not so sure. All I saw on my screen were Feb and March.
Check out the data: the net worth of Americans is at an all-time high (stocks, real estate, etc). People do not necessarily save from their...
That is not positive expectancy, for the fact that actual vol was lower than implied vol was apparent only after the fact.
Many who set up "credit spreads" sell deep otm options and protect themselves by buying even deeper ones (not all do--some sell atm. They are not...
Are you sure? The quotes are there (corn, wheat), but I don't think IB lets you trade them. I asked IB a few weeks ago, since I was wanting to...
I am talking about naked selling. If I do iron condors/butterflies I will try to buy the wings some time (days, weeks) AFTER selling (in other...
Real world: 1. Past is no predictor of present. 2. Just because predicted vol (IV) on AVERAGE was higher than actual volatility does not mean...
Do not go hog wild on margin. I would be wary about selling more than 4-5K in premium per 100K. I sell index premium (ES or NQ). I sometimes...
I have sold straddles and strangles intermittently over the last three years. I sell only when I see vol either going nowhere or down (I don't...
In a volatile uptrend (large range days and weeks), VIX could increase. But if the market is in an uptrend, the VIX would still be comparatively...
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