Or Gene Wilder.
I disagree. That would require the well-married cosmetically-enhanced Senator Kerry to hold a level of conviction grounded in a principled-based...
8% monthly returns on covered calls seems aggressive. But I suppose it's possible. However, Riskarb's more salient point is that a naked put is...
Dude, what is it with the incessant shilling of late for thinkorswim? Sosnoff and crew are good guys and they've built a decent trading platform....
Look, I'm not on Cramer's payroll, so I have no interest in defending him. However, that kind of myopic comment makes me laugh. Why don't you...
I used to be pretty down on him as well. However, I have to admit that his track record over the past year has been pretty impressive. (Though I...
Yes. On relatively quick moves, the appreciation of the naked long call will always be greater than the amount by which the bull spread will have...
Though it has higher risk, on a short-term move a straight call will always outperform a bull call spread.
Then my misunderstanding. I thought all the talk about FDA approvals, sales potential, market opportunities, etc. was delving into the realm of...
Besides range bound stocks/indices, long flys are best used on high IV names given the negative vega.
I love it when guys who may happen to know a thing or two about the Greeks start acting like fundamental analysts. Sorry, but methinks thou hath...
In addition to being a very good tool for hedging a stock or futures position or portfolio, options have the distinct advantage of allowing one to...
Sorry, but you're wrong. I have an account with TOS and, though it's a nice platform, you simply can't compare it to OptionVue.
I've used OptionVue for a few years, and I find the program extremely robust, though I can't speak to the programming aspect since I'm not a...
Flys have been margined properly at IB for some time, but iron condors required margin on boths sides until recently. However, I was told a few...
Right, the play would've been this morning when vol likely spiked and the premium was richer. You could've then bought the lower strike this...
How about a synthetic long instead? Sell some relatively expensive March 30 puts to pay for your April calls. Sure there's more downside risk....
Having been an equity analyst in a previous professional incarnation, and having been an active "consumer" of sell-side research for the past...
Arb, by chance, do you deliver? It's kinda chilly outside.
Swish, Thanks for sharing some very important lessons from what has no doubt been a difficult time for you. I had personally avoided going the...
Separate names with a comma.