Beginning of the month my measured move vector gave me a $4141 target for $SPX mid-April Well, mid-April is here and the prediction played out in...
Hey guys, I’m looking at the 21 MAY 21 220/30/40 call butterfly in Caterpillar @ 1.90 risk If I put this butterfly on Caterpillar, would it be...
Where can one get data on implied historical volatility? TOS and tastyworks give us the current level of IV and as well as the IV percentile and...
The financial markets keep evolving, and with technology and Moore’s law, we will continue to see new financial alchemy constantly emerging. what...
jumping on the journal bubble since everyone’s making threads nowadays. plus I need a place to lay out my thoughts since I’m always scattered,...
I think mine was a bear put spread in $YHOO. Ended up breaking even. Had no idea what I was doing, but I'm surprised by first trade was a...
What an oddity it was. Lets get some discussions going for 2021. Unfortunately I'm thinking 2020 was just the pre-cursor for 2021. We are one...
Is there a way (specifically in tastyworks or thinkorswim) that allows you to create a watchlist but instead of stock prices it quotes option...
We know the gamma, theta, and Vega of a butterfly is trimodal (assuming short guts ATM). My question is how does one determine where to price...
When it comes to your portfolio, do you treat your option trades as individuals? Single trades acting alone? Or do you build trades via inventory...
Hurricane Douglas is supposed to reach my island (Oahu) by tomorrow. So before I swirl In the vortex I thought I’d share this article I read by...
[ATTACH] it’s time to take a break, .sigma
we need a new thread on some books you guys are currently reading, and or suggest we read. Let’s go. Trading Systems and Money Management -...
The implied vol surface is probably the most researched topic in the derivatives world, yet we still have much to learn from this phenomena....
For example, when events such as COVID-19 occur, i'm sure many people have called up their brokers (presumably older folk) and demanded they...
Maybe @bone can help, but regarding spread trading, mostly options I’m wondering how to chart the trade? Specifically using thinkorswim but I’m...
??
I'm sure you guys are aware that exotic options exist, that there's a world beyond vanilla. I feel one day, in the near future, a lot more...
Of all the threads about selling premium on elite trader, theres one caveat I never understood that the greats never addressed. Whenever some...
Does price even really move? Of course price exists, but the facilitation of price, the ebb and flow of "current" cy, the fluidity of liquidity in...
Separate names with a comma.