I kinda understand the part about the hedge, If you are up some pnl since xyz advanced from 48 to 53 and u won a 50 55 60 fly, you would attempt...
kinda embarrased to admit this but what exactly do you mean by gains to neutrality and hedge ratio. Do you mean using current marks and...
Hi Atticus, Could you offer a suggestion on when to exit a fly? If I put on an OTM call fly 50/55/60 on stock trading at 48 and 8 days later,...
best suggestion for you is to work backwards,- look at platforms that offer api w options-REDI/Sterling,etc and then find out who their clients...
I thought she was ok up until the part in the video when she said she wants to get her debit back wherever she can get it. That is scary! When you...
Jeff, listen to the tape again but before you do, look up the lectures of sosnoff in tastytrade where they roll up the "unchallenged" part of the...
This is how i interpret her strategy.Tell me if I am way off, eg. XYZ at $100. Sell 10 90/110 strangles, if XYZ goes up to 107, buy back or roll...
Hi A--x gabby here. I think Augen is saying pros are on the opposite side of the public buy-write crowd which would make the pros new short...
Atticus. Are u saying the amount of trades emanating from the OI alone is not enough to push goog around ? He did say that since goog gapped up a...
I dont know if i agree w him about his last piece detailing the goog downdraft where he says stock goes down when the public covers their covered...
Credit Debit spreads has been discussed extensively . There is very little material difference betwen them much like a fly is a debit spread but...
background might get you that edge so you should try the private equity shops which might be found in Greenwich .
I feel your pain as well . It seems that trading options is less trading more of a data mining/programming exercise. Optionvue has some queries...
your best bet is get Excel and buy an addin from Hoadley options and make your own simulator, backtesting,even rudimentary scanning. You won't be...
Translation...... Fooled by randomness....i.e. luck
Falconview, do yourself a favor and learn options from the ground up. Get books by McMillan,Natenburg then Cottle. Once you read and mastered all...
In my testing I've found out that trades w bad alphas get stale really fast while stocks that have good IV's which result in higher aplhas has a...
Riffraff, I think timestops are very critical in this trading scenario. If you think stock is at a critical point and it does not happen in x...
I think ur right on that one, once a move happens I guess you can start selling front month verticals and turn it into a wider and wider long...
RiffRaff quick question if u don't mind. Did a TOS simulation on an AMAZON Nov4 2011 215 straddle . IV at 38 w/ AMZN around 215 around 11AM....
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