magic, First of all, it seems you are trying to claim options are worthless by showing 1 example. That makes no sense. As far as your example...
I really don't know why this would be the case. I think any stock could go to 0, or at least .01 or whatever. Realize the the book value of BP,...
If the IVs were off by enough, maybe something like this would be possible? (and it would only require 2 trades - of course to sell the calls you...
1) A reasonable webguy could make that in about a one day - and take off for 4 hours on the beach. 2) Please calc for yourself what those...
I think you are correct that they hedge with stock and also use market futures, etc. however quite honestly I am not a real good one to ask about...
mynd66, Yes, the 1.32 means there is 1.32 puts traded for each call The put/call ratio is viewed as a sentiment indicator - when the put/call...
I'm usually pretty bullish, but I'm not sure how we get to 12K or even back to 11K for a while - people right now are afraid to buy stocks often...
I don't find myself in that position so that I would know exactly what IB or other brokers would do, but I would close the position and make sure...
Spin, Just as a question: Is it possible to open an OX account and just have say $500 in it just for getting IV chains? You would also get...
Of course that is true. Also another thing for the OP to understand is that just because a trade didn't work doesn't mean it was wrong - if SPY...
It is good to be long volatility when it goes up as you are long it - that doesn't necessarily mean it is good to go long after it has gone up....
Talk about trying to exaggerate! U.S retail gas prices - 6 year chart. http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=3 You can see...
If a person feels there is any chance of that, get a different broker IMO. 2) To hide the actual position from both brokers 100 shares of...
I am a coin collector, so I certainly don't mean to sound like I'm bashing gold, but I think it is funny that all these guys trying to sell gold...
prosserd, Of course, with options there are many possibilities for what you can do. You didn't really mention if you are referring mostly to...
live, It seems to me that that could be a good trade - I mean I think the percentage chance it will work is probably high. My question...
All legs (calls and puts, long and short, short term, long term) of this trade I did on Apr 26th were profitable as of yesterday. I have...
It was in his older threads from previous years. Actually after reviewing, it looks like he started with 76K:...
No Heat, Personally I think that is very good advice - for example, I never do a credit spread where the max risk would be say $10,000 (unless...
risktaker, What's even worse is for example TYP - it is a 3x BEAR fund for tech and it went from the $8-$9 range to have a day low of .15!...
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