I think that those are called JPIGs
Juan Tumenny
Monitor the spread b/t the current month's CC and next month's same strike call. If the spread is widening, time decay is doing its magic. If it...
You can do several things to lock in your gain, depending on how the gain arose. Bear in mind that although you will be locking in some of the...
Hello. Is this the "Mine Is Bigger Than Yours" discussion board?
I have no opinion or outlook for ETFC. My comments are about the option/stock position. 1) I do not think much of a vertical spread that takes...
If you send me $5 by 12/21 I will tell you what the closing price of the SPX will be.
I must be a glutton for punishment :) Trade whatever option you can make money with. It makes no difference what other people trade or how...
1a) I understand the cash is instead of .57 RIG shares (.57 x 100 = 57 RIG shares) and is fixed (does not vary with the price of the underlying...
Hey! That's was MY gold star! Give it back!
LOL. I must want an ET gold star :) 1) Suppose you buy 10 RIMM calls @ 3 pts ea and they go down 2 pts each. Down 2 grand. 2) Suppose you...
The short (and facetious) answer is that the best options are the ones that make you money. Options are derivatives and their value is...
You would have ended up owning two adjusted Jan 80 calls for GWF (see previous link provided for the terms)
Margin rules are different for stock and options. If you don't have the funds to purchase the stock (Reg T margin for stock is 50%), it's a...
Due to the merger with GSF, RIG contracts were adjusted. The new symbol is RFU and one contract represents 69 shares of RFU (the post merger...
Become a pimp (G,D,R)
I've been comparing IB's numbers with calcs from my programs (for a whole two days! :-) and they jive. No problem there. The DDE link is another...
Hey Don, LTNS I have found tech support to be helpful. The problem is that they need a tech support guy who also understands options so that...
nonprophet, You are a ROCK STAR! That worked! If you ever decide to send IB an application for a position in IB's tech support dept, I'll be...
I assume that the last two replies were for me since they followed my post asking about IV. If so, I appreciate the attempt to answer my...
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