Aha! A chance to learn something the non bloody nose way! Why would you not recommend straddles/strangles for a stock picking system? Thanks,...
Thank you both, 'preciate it. - The New Guy
vig is a gambling term meaning the cost of the trade. Slippage + coms = vig. In options, the spread is so dang big and the coms represent such a...
Does anyone know of a source to get historical intraday iv data? (preferably for free... obviously) Thanks, - The New Guy
Anyone looking at SBUX today? Near 52 wk high, ADX on the 30 min looks bullish, decent volume.... - The New Guy
imho trading a small account requires a different mentality than a large one. You need to take bigger chances, to overcome the vig which tends to...
A VIX swap is a product that essentially isolates vol? I've heard of them, but not real familiar. Can you do them on any equity? I guess what...
I wasn't thinking the same strike, but more like short/long straddles or something at different vols. I guess the reason would be that the smile...
Is that true? Couldn't you arb out the iv if that were the case? - The New Guy
Lol, man, I could have written this word for word. I think I may be one step ahead of you in this process, for the moment. What I've just...
Hey foible, I've only scanned this thread, so if all this has been said before, I appologize. I feel that a prop shop (I've worked in a few)...
I'm still fairly new to options, but this makes the most sense to me: The two biggest strengths of options (imho) are their versitility and...
Just watch the level 2 for a while, it should give you an idea. Or you could check the time and sales for the day and see what type of trades are...
Thanks Kevin, I for one found that to be a very creative bit of excel work, thanks! - The New Guy
yes, that's the one, thanks! - The New Guy
Actually, if I was more on the ball you could see that the first cross over occured yesterday well before the close. I'm talking about ADX...
I hate it when I forget to attach the chart.... :D
This is the behaviour I was refering to. It looks fine on the 30 min (imho) but quite opposite on the daily. Of course, long anything is kinda...
Interesting... thanks for sharing. I was asking because I run an ADX DMI +/- crossover system that BTUI showed up on the 30 min chart for today....
lol, applesoft might work for this, haven't tried... ;) I really don't know of anyway to do it just in cell formulas. Generally it's pretty...
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