if u are reversing ur strategy then u r reversing your pnl less spread and commissions ofc. Plus your limit orders become stop orders (or both are...
Your statement only proves the point. It's not only the direction that matters, it's the trade desire. Market cares about matching buyers against...
do u have to know where the next price tick lands?
I'm just giving "distant" examples to see if you are actually capable of thinking in the right direction.
Exactly.
Okay, so i'm not sure what you just said. "Price exists of tiny micro decisions on micro timeframe" ? I think price exists everywhere, on every...
I'm pretty sure your definition of randomness is...well...misleading. Markets would look a whole lot different if they were ;) Go on, try to...
Again, If you are selling options you are benefiting from low price movements because of the time/price change relationship. Premium decays in...
yep, TSLA. Long live the MUSKeteer
he is still selling straddles. put and call strikes are the same just not atm.
When i'm talking about vola, i'm always talking about price AND time. I really don't understand the point (edge) in your strategy. If u r selling...
Sure, but usually when vola rises your underlying "lands" out of the money. Plus you'll probably also scare your pants off and make new decisions...
Your question of "Will it work?" is itself absurd. If it worked then volatility would need to continuously drift lower forever. Now, that can't be...
why would you want to make offseting trades ? Why would you trade at all in this scenario ? you haven't given enough information to give any...
12 usd contango is pretty crazy, yep. I personally haven't seen it before but i wasn't checking it back in 2008. I wonder how bad was it then....
This price (as a measure of oil cheapness) is misleading, most of the drop is happening on this current futures which expires tomorrow. New...
Interesting saying...that “half a brain” Cause, surely, oil is sold WITH a barrel...
yep, 6.30 is about right. Go ahead, sell the spread then :)
is it ? it's about 6.30 now, high was a bit above 7 yesterday and below 6 the day before. Looks pretty stable to me.
really ? can you give me a "wet dream"-like example of crude oil spread trading opportunity right now ?
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