Realized vol is almost always lower than implied vol (except on rare occasions) and realized vol should never be used as a measuring tool IMO....
Most tradeable options are very liquid and have a minimal bid-ask spread... If you feel they are too dangerous to sell, buy them! If you feel...
Thanks for your input guys, so its seems either of those would be a good firm!
Hi guys, I am looking for a new futures broker as I am not satisfied with my current one... Considering my geographical location, I am limited in...
Don't risk your money with a rinky dink outfit Your only viable choice in Canada is interactive brokers
Nice points, I am also a big fan of optionnet explorer. I would love to see a broker offer it or something similar. In general I would also...
Wow welcome to the early 2000's I am Canadian and have been trading spreads for years so I know how backward Canadian Brokers are but I am...
Don't go with Maverick... I would also be hesitant with futures options, there is only a handful of liquid options on those... I am with...
What you need for this to work is an identifiable binary event. Options cannot price correctly extreme events and you could benefit from it. Some...
I cannot disagree with you here, I use both IB and Trademonster and I can say that Trademonster's execution is pathetic compared to IB....
It was canned, no network wanted to buy it
All of that stuff is on youtube btw
Well technically they could be seen as 2 separate transactions and placed that way but I see them really as one: Calendar and Iron butterfly...
Hi guys, currently trading with IB and TM, kind of fed-up with some aspects of both and looking for opinions as to where I should be looking...
Richard Audet used to be one of the partners at Arbgroup (also in Montreal). They are a futures prop firm that specialized in T-bill futures...
If you do a search you will find information. Overall I would avoid, not that they aren't trustworthy but they are too expensive for what they...
Can't speak for all of them but: thinkorswim: "good" platform, commissions are terrible IMO... They have a good rep. for customer service. You...
liquidity is no problem, especially with earnings this week
Good afternoon, here is a spread I see in NFLX to play its earnings: +1 jul27 72.5 PUT -4 jul27 70.0 PUT +3 aug17 60 PUT I am putting...
Its a real pleasure reading you Smoker, very interesting stuff. Also turned out to be an interesting thread - far from the OP's question ;)
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