You're mocking me, right? :) Seriously, it's a percent of what? What's the denominator?
LOL. All I want is the simple IV of the options that I'm looking at. I know what that is and what I want it for :) What exactly is the Imp...
Yes and no on the IV contraction hitting them similarly. If there's no more than the small skew that you normally see in closer months, a large...
In and of itself, a calendar is a neutral position where you expect (hope?) the underlying will expire near the strike sold. Some other...
Thanks for the suggestion but it's not there. The only choices faintly resembling IV are: Imp. Vol % and Opt Implied Vol which sounds good but...
Sorry for off topic post but you mentioned obtaining IV numbers from IB. I've been trying to figure out how to get that data from IB's Option...
Consider money market accounts :)
IC contracts after an earnings announcement. So by definition, you're losing money on a long straddle even before you know how much, if any, the...
LOL (eye roll)
That makes no sense at all. If the stock moves up 10 pts, ignoring the premium received, you lose the same amount either way (covered put vs...
That may be the simplest but best answer I've ever read for trading long options ... maybe other than for the lottery ticket buyer with no clue :)
42 days? As in trading days? There are 60 days remaining until January expiration. If AAPL is 190 in mid January, the 3 highest strikes will...
From what I've seen, you need an edge with this. You either have to get the direction right before adjusting orr get a bump in IV. Or both. Or...
That is precisely why I have been DN trading a couple of straddle positions in real time. I do calendar straddles/strangles for earnings releases...
Far out, man! Long calls! Whooooosh (inhales ;-)
Unless you're doing something clever like legging in or trading individual legs, etc., you're just incurring more commissions and B/A slippage....
Odds are, your software is thinks that your short strangle and long shares is an initial position. If so, it will do that regardless of whether...
Give me enough time and I'll confuse both of us :) Yes, "It is better to go long when the IV is lower and has a chance to increase and to go...
I'm a bit confused by your question and I'm probably going to make things worse :) If the underlying of your delta neutral (DN) straddle moves...
Yes, the zig zagging I'm talking about would be desirable you're long. I'd rearrange #3 and say it's good to be long delta when IV goes higher...
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