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    Worst options/trading book?

    By Jack Schwager I believe. And available on Amazon, as are his other books.
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    Worst options/trading book?

    HaHa, I like that. May I reuse that in the future?
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    Latest options "bible" with "weeklies"?

    Trading Weekly Options + Online Video Course: Pricing Characteristics and Short-Term Trading Strategies Russell Rhoads A comprehensive resource for understanding and trading weekly options Weekly options are traded on all major indices, as well as high volume stocks and ETFs. They continue to...
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    Deciphering Options

    Avery Dennison (AVY) is a *VERY* thinly traded symbol with little volume or open interest. Many strike prices have zero Vol or OI. The Bid/Ask spreads are wide because of that. If you're new to options you need to pick symbols that are much more liquid with much narrower Bid/Ask spreads. E.g...
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    More newbee option questions

    NO ONE knows what the market is going to do a minute from now, an hour from now, next week, month, year, etc. As Spaghetti Code said if market knew the price would be $70 then it would already be there. If a stock is at 50 and you think it's going to go to 70 then you can engage any one of a...
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    Supplement retirement income

    Being a greeter at Walmart is one way. No risk (accept perhaps getting Covid-19 from a shopper.) It gives you a reliable income stream and you're not paying commission and fees. Plus you're getting 100% return on your investment (time) less Federal, State and local taxes. Best
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    Can One Limit A Loss When Selling a Naked Call?

    In the options world a Cash-Secured Call (or Cash-Backed Call) is a strategy that allows an investor to purchase stock at the lower of strike price or market price during the life of the option. E.g. the investor buys a call option, and sets aside in a risk-free interest-bearing instrument...
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    Var.swaps, dispersion & other vol related trading.

    He'll need some funds to compete with all the thesis/dissertations writers who have opined about variance swaps. For example; ________________________________________________________________________ An optimal approximation for the payoffs of variance swaps in static replication Authors: Chen...
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    Var.swaps, dispersion & other vol related trading.

    Found this on EBSCO's Thesis/Dissertations website: ___________________________________________________________________________ Mean-swap Variance, Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Authors: Wang, Zhan Year: 2018 Summary: The primary focus of this dissertation is a new risk measure, Swap...
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    Var.swaps, dispersion & other vol related trading.

    That tells me all I need to know. Thanks and good luck to your future endeavors. Best
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    Var.swaps, dispersion & other vol related trading.

    Not to mention the $$$$ and time (in years) it's going to cost you. What do you see yourself doing with an advanced degree in variance swaps? What's the current job market for that skill. Might it not be a better idea to put your funds in an options trading account and trade credit spreads? Best
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    A sucker born every minute

    Ok, just to clarify; volga... is the longest river in Europe. Flowing through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea, it has a length of 3,531 km (2,194 mi) volvo...is a Swedish car company that manufacturers sport utility vehicles (SUVs), station wagons, hatchbacks, sedans...
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    A sucker born every minute

    I always thought Vanna was a lady that turned letters on the game show Wheel of Fortune. I must have missed something along the way. :sneaky:
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    A sucker born every minute

    I recommend you go to their website http://sjoptions.com/ and read, carefully, all their hype and hyperbole and then consider the $4,999.00 fee they're charging to teach you about the "higher order" greeks including Vomma, Vanna, Veta, Charm, Lambda, Gamma, Ultima. And then ask yourself...
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    A sucker born every minute

    There's plenty on YouTube with Karen touting her skills and successes as a "Supetrader." For example: -and- and on and on. Not sure about the jet. Doesn't much matter because in 2019 the SEC barred Bruton for life from associating with any broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal...
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