The guys mentioned-Jobs and Gates had thousands of hours of programming behind them giving them the intellectual tools to succeed not to mention...
1 thing that might not be good with eoption though (I think ) is if you have a 1 x 1 vertical spread, you will get charged their ticket charge of...
You have to be good at judging price distribution of the stock and not neccesarily direction to have a good chance of making it in options....
this position is most likely a short fly where the wings were legged into @ good prices due to delta or vega exposure. IOW, position could...
is correct and the reason why it might be a little below or above the pnl line is if the traders legs into the final position proposed by MTe....
probably will work but be very slim since you also have to consider the laying out of the money for the deep ITM put which will eat up your cash...
I would bet that the weeklies have a slightly lower IV than the monthly since the crowded trade would be to buy the monthly and sell the weeklies....
the put vs call verticals would be very close , close enough to be untradable in terms of locking in meaningful profit once commissions and...
U know what i would do if u are really concerned about a poss bust? I would buy a jun 32 straddle , sell jazz to take profit. If u do not...
should really meet more people. Credit and debit spreads are similar. Buying call vert is same as selling put vertical. I said similar not the...
Double the margin at the NYMEx. Bet you oil goes much lower w/o killing its price discovery role which is critical in a free economy.
his later books other than the 1st-options as a strategic investment deals with scalping gammas in greater detail thru use of options with...
means buying the offer and selling the bid.
Are there cancel fees for canceling or modifying Us equity option spreads ?(still waiting for IB's response to my email) I got this from the...
Hi atticus, wondering if you'd be nice enough to clarify this part of your post in the Howard journal. When you say buy the fly and the calendar...
Get a couple of good options books by Natenberg then Cottle. Create your own Excel simulator using the tools from Peter Hoadley. Go to...
The method of calculating marks alone whether the model keys off of bid/.ask or mid on a multi legged spread is enough to + - your model...
I guess it is possible if you leg into them. I.e. away flies cost less than atm flies so u could put on an away fly, stock goes there, put on the...
I guess you can sell a front month put and short stock to create a front month short and buy the back month call making the entire package a...
That spread he is talking about is probably a backspread in the front month done for a credit where if you are wrong on the mkt direction, you...
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