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I am trying to learn more about how to trade fly from this journal. But I do need some guidance in terms of picking the right underlying and entry points? Are you guys picking the fly trades for weekly options based on (1) directional view that the stock will move to the middle strike (body)...

ggsn1, how's your experience with them? What kind of option strategies do they teach and how profitable are the traders? Thanks.

Hi Filterguy: Can you give me the info about the US firm you mentioned? Thkx.

Which firm offers better margin for naked call or put on future options? IB, TOS, Option Express? Can anyone share your experience?

I trade future options but IB charge very high margin req on F.O. Does TOS only impose span margin set by exchange for F.O? Any other good firms out there that are friendly to future options writers?

IV_trader, when you say "Calendars are the way to go", you mean short calendars?

I am trading in HK. PM me if you want to hook up.

I am currently trading U.S. and HK stock and optiosn in Hong Kong. Anybody else?

Would you mind sharing how trader's life is like in the firm you are working?

What are the effective strategies to play the front/back month IV skews before the earnings? And good risk/reward strategies in playing the IV rise/fall around earnings?

So when we expect a stock will make a significant move, but imp vol will come down, which strategy will capitalize on price movement and volatility decrease?

Anybody trading in HK or mainland China here? I would like to hook up and share experience with you.

Is there any website or data vendor provides information about the expected release dates on pending news of stocks? Briefing.com provides earnings release dates. How about other important dates such as FDA or court decision dates?