His yahoo handle (which is in his bio on here) is also EOMPlus. Not very well hidden.... - The New Guy
Wow, that was one of the least suspicious posts I've ever read... it looked more to me like a not-very-well-hidden attempt at getting some of...
The options we bought had $.20 in theta risk, no way around that. That represents %10 of the position he initiated. 7 days is plenty time for...
There's a chance you could have a currupt TCP/IP stack. all you'd need to do is uninstall it and reinstall it. Not much of a problem in XP, but...
I don't know any serious option traders that think direction is unimportant. I do know some who try to make it less important, however, but none...
Any time! - The New Guy
Those are the Nov puts... We bought the Oct 30 calls. Edit: also, 20 cents on this play was $800 difference, or %10 of the initial trade....
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Ah, well that's different. In that case, I'd put "=If(A2>0,A2,"")" in B2 (or your first free cell in the 2nd row) and copy it down the whole...
Hey, OT question for you. What makes a MM hit a price between the bid/ask? I mean, theoretically you never should, right? I assume you set the...
Just one more thing... There are other risks that I'm not fully comprehending either. The amount of money may not be much different for what you...
I second that.... mods?? - The New Guy
imho this trade had very little to do with options. The core of this trade is that he has a directional pick of a stock that he feels very...
Look at it this way: Peet 2.20 * 40 * 100 = $8,800 when the underlying was at $32 and 9 days till expiration. Peet theoretical call price 1...
lol... it's not me you have to worry about, trust me. ;) Some other poster on ET put it perfectly in my mind... The market is like an ocean,...
I don't trade the ER, so take this advice for what it's worth. The single biggest improvement I have ever made in my trading is to exit at the...
Congrats on your first post, I see that you carefully selected it! - The New Guy
MUCH riskier, if only for the fact that it had a week to work out, and no more. - The New Guy
I had the same feeling when I started looking at using options as another tool. Here is what I've learned so far (please note, I AM NOT A PRO)....
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