You might consider selling calls far above the market price and use that premium to buy puts. It limits the upside but gives some protection on a...
New position: NEM 3x oct/dec 52.5 put calendar @ 1.10, very nice fill. MM must have felt sorry for me.
I am confused. It is RAI, and you are correct that there is not much liquidity. Thanks for the info and will look at it again.
Oops, I meant REI.
Just to chime in, I found a pretty good webinar on synthetics at chartbender.com. The second one goes into details of adjustments such as the...
Thanks. My experience is mostly futures, so a newbie question: how does x-div date in Sep affect a short Oct straddle? I was watching...
Looking at NEM for 52.5 oct/dec calendar and RAI for double diag, oct 65 straddle and jan one strike away.
Not better, just different. The sag in a double diag falls in the middle -- you like movement towards your shorts. In the IC, you want the...
Placed on 9/1: IWM sep5/sep 70/71 put @20 diagonal QQQQ sep/oct 39 put @ 40 (could not fill at 35) calendar. Currently have SP sep/oct...
] Again, thanks so much for sharing your ideas and trades with us.
I was talking to myself and anyone else who gets frustrated when they get stopped out of a position and then see it go back in their direction....
1. Did you follow your trading plan? 2. If so, do you want to change your trading plan for such situations? Sounds to me that you are...
Uh, yeah. Let's let GOVERNMENT control the price of oil. That should fix everything -- those nasty, nasty speculators are ruining this county....
Still holding onto my sep/oct 1260/1240 put -- little change in premium up or down. The other three positions were closed out yesterday at a...
Bought 10 XLE sep/oct 56/57 put diagonal @40. I have a rule to open an order 5 cents below mark, and it worked well this time.
The sep/oct 56/57 put diag in the XLE looks interesting.
Euro is interest rate sensitive.
Thanks for pointing out XLE. Looking at sep/oct 56/57 put diagonal. Looks promising. voty very low. Any comments on correlation with the...
I was configuring the analysis tab incorrectly. Still learning.
Placed trade today: IWM, sep/oct 70 put calendar @1.00 Getting concerned about my QQQQ sep/oct 38 put calendar. Delta is 51 but still just...
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