Recent content by acen1975

buy dec 195/sell dec 200 for 1.75 if apple exp. over 200......200% for 2 weeks. not a bad idea....simple is good :D

yeah,i think thats it,but this was just an example how to put a better edge from a different strategy,compared to a ITM leap. my game on google is diffrent. so today with about 10-12% profit,this position can be changed-the leap can be closed,and to BUY i more OTM put calendar. already...

didnt say your profit are based on luck...read more carefully..... OTM cldrs need much more of experience to fully understand them,compared to other strategies. lets check what happened from the weekend till now-we have already the data back in the forum: google closed friday @...

spind,this type of diagonals are not really IV sencitive as the OTMcalendars,i was talking about.... this is not really a big concern in your case....the concern is,how u should explain the guy why he made less money,compared to his LEAP,in case that google moves with 30-50 $ to...

well,it might be,if u know how to use option calculators........ i even give u a hint: this friday,with the drop of SPX of 2 %,the VIX rose WITH 20%........ the end of last month,when SPX fell with 5%,VIX rose with 55%...... now,when u calculate the position,not a bad idea to...

hey genius ,the purpose of this is to hedge against temprorary corection...the hedge is secondary consern,the primary is for up trend........ if it continues to go up,u are left with a 30% cheaper hedge-u have 3 puts left form the cldr,againt 2 puts,if naked.... if google falls to 570...

yeah....last year i made more money that way,than i have ever imagined.... but this year was not really good...... still with deep callendars this fall i lost very little,compared with any other trade strategy on my wrong bet on falling oil.... there is one interesting thing...

thats a good solution.have u thought of splitting the ITM option into 2 ATM options? the prize is the same. if google continues to grow,deltas of the 2 ATM options ,which is 0.5*2=1......will accelerate to 2 deltas. or to use only 1 ATM leap for 7 300$-and defend the up move with...

this is the best free software out that i know of... download at: http://www.samoasky.com/ its real time data,u have even vol.smile... there u can play and get more used with calendars...u can also to put your own volatility and compare it with the change of time.,with is really...

well,i was lucky....i know when to contribute a gain to luck,and when to reality...... before last month, usually between 5%-20% a month.but 5 -20% are a lot,considering the low risk taking...

yeah,yeah.......today i made more than a 3 month salary of an branch bank manager .....love to be a moron......... u,the smart ones ,enjoy the holidays,cause monday again MUST to go to work... u got my simpthaties..

how about 70% for a month between oct. and nov expiration on december straddle @ 1080 ,with protection 50 points out-put calendars nov/dec @ 1030,and call calendars at 1130...on SPX????? even with just straddle and using only the underline to scalp ,would be very difficult NOT TO MAKE MONEY...

the risk reward ratio of the calendar is much better ,than the naked put. right now jan put is 8.5,dec is 3.10 the spread costs 5.4...... instead of buying 2 puts for 17,u can buy 3 spreads for 16.2 the thing with the calendars is,that u have to close it if it hits the stike of...

well.....lets see what happen today at the opening: SPX fell 30......VIX rose 4(20%) with the fall-short squeeze in dollar carry trade-euro fell with 260 pips for no time.......with is 1.5%...... what happened with goog vs DAI: goog-fell from 586 to 574-2% DAI-fell from 54 to...