At a $60 credit, I see the math as (-240)*.0908 + 60*.8122 + (-90)*.097 = -21.79 + 48.73 - 8.73 = 18.21 which is an expected profit, as opposed...
Why only a $40 credit? optionsXpress is reporting NBBO of $0.35/$0.85. In my experience, they usually fill pretty close to the middle ($60)....
Can you clarify? Let's say you're bullish on the underlying -- and you're right. You're up 10% but you think the trade has run out of steam....
You really need to chill. We get it -- you don't like spreads. What works for you and what makes sense for you doesn't necessarily match other...
Just because the options are DITM/DOTM doesn't mean there shouldn't be time premium, though. I wouldn't necessarily call those B/A spreads wide,...
The theoretical value of the call probably did go up, although vega could have bit you. It also could be a case where your broker is just...
That website is calling MIL "Millipore Corporation", which MIL is most certainly not. I'm not saying the quotes are bad, but MIL is MFC...
Ticker MIL MFC Industrial, LTD. Commodities, etc. I don't care if you check it out -- buy away!
If you're bullish, why not just buy ITM calls?
I don't think it's a takeover target. There certainly isn't anything out there on the retail sites. (That might not mean much.) For what it's...
No comments? Isn't it unusual for an option chain to show essentially zero theta? That's how I'm reading it.
$5 options on a $7.75 underlying: Jun14: Call $2.60/$2.80, Put $0.00/$0.15 Jul14: Call $2.60/$2.85, Put $0.00/$0.25 Oct14: Call...
It's not like there aren't dozens of similar threads on this forum, right?
I don't think a single instance where the underlying closes above both strikes on a vertical proves anything. The vertical reduces breakeven,...
Thanks. What tells us that calls are cheap (and should be bought) rather than sold? Similar question for puts?
I'm curious to hear more about a low-cost collar and why it's a "bad idea" in this instance, given the OP's view on the stock. Say he sells the...
No, the best thing you can do is to sell above the theo value. I suppose "theoretical" is only as good as the model and the inputs, but I...
I'd love to see whatever you are referring to. Not a whole lot of price action looks to me to be signal related in the sense that one could...
I sure hope not.
Gonna have to run that one by my wife.
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