Here's a common option arb. An option market maker executes a conversion or a reversal in order to arb the difference. The counter parties bear...
Another consideration is the volatility of the underlying as well as the market. Iron condors are more suited for something closer to granny...
Now might be the time to start practicing, "Would you like paper or plastic?" :D
Insurance companies make money in a variety of ways. Here's one. A coupla months ago I started a chain about hedging an existing appreciated...
Yes, the CBOE option strategies had a lower standard deviation the B&H SPY but that's a separate consideration from whether buying is more...
I think that you may have discovered something new and amazing !!!
I have no source info to prove anything so here's a potpourri of info that supports my opinion. Options are a zero sum game, actually a...
With covered calls and syn equivalent short puts, most of the time you eat like a bird and occasionally you sh*t like an elephant. Margin heavily...
It's a wonderful strategy if the stock cooperates. If not (see 2000 and 2008) then you're SOL.
Traders don't defend, especially the rock stars here who never lose ;->) Spreads are limited risk/reward critters. The short answer is that...
If an Iron Condor started to move against me AND I chose to defend it, I'd roll the untested side in, bringing in some additional premium. That...
When the OptionsXpress quote chains went poof because of the take over, someone here turned my onto:...
Rightline.net and Briefing.com have earnings calendars that go out about a month. Most of the others that I have come across are daily....
Since he didn't mention stock ownership, what "spread-em" described is a synthetic long (SELL the $10 put to finance the BUY of the $30 call)....
As JHarmon said, there are two companies involved. The original TIVO was taken over by ROVI in a merger on Sep 7, 2016 and the new company...
I'm just a retail guy who has no clue what the future will bring other than me wanting to see it. I hope that all of you are right and that we...
I booked the gains in my long IWM puts that were hedging the aforementioned annuity. Had to move on to the SPY because the IWM B/A spreads were...
Welcome back to the world of "Why did I do that ???" :->) I did some diagonals on XOM yesterday, trying to capture some fat one day until...
I have been utilizing options (retail trader) for over 30 years. In 2008-2009 I traded a lot of correlated financial stocks successfully as pairs...
I'd like to thank those who contributed constructive replies to this chain. I'm a happy clam right now because two weeks ago I cashed out of the...
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