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Hi All, I am testing a strategy on a simulator and I need opinions on the below real life scenario which is not possible to test on a simulator. Say I have sold a 4 week to expiration Bull Put Spread and the market crashes significantly (say it falls considerably below the lower limit of...

Hi All, On a simulator, I am presently selling out of the money Bear Call and Bull Put spreads. I would like to automatically get out of my trades when a spread goes in the money ie the point at which the stock price crosses into the area between the strikes of the spread. At present, I...

Hi All, Throughout history, you often hear of stock market crashes for bullish traders (eg Wall Street Crash of 1929), characterised by having a major impact on the world’s economy & history and also characterised in severe cases by former speculators committing suicide. My question is...

Hi Guys, I have been told that there is an indicator called “Volume Spike”. It theoretically occurs when the volume of a stock traded on one day is 3 or more times the volume traded for that stock on the previous day. It’s supposed to indicate that a stock is about to move significantly...

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Hi All, I’m presently trading options on a simulator. I have the following query which is best explained in an example. Image two call options for two different stocks with different bid and ask spreads but all other factors being equal. Stock A Bid 0.89 Ask 0.91 Mark 0.90 Stock...

Hi All, Scenario: I have a list of 400 stocks on an excel sheet from which I want to buy a number of calls or puts (out of hours trading). I want to arrange my list of 400 stocks in order of “value for money” (ie in ascending order of implied volatility/demand). Has anyone any idea on...

Hi All, I have a query in relation to the effect of Earnings announcements on stock price. On Yahoo finance there is an earnings calendar stating when companies are expected to make their next earnings announcements. For some companies on this calendar, Yahoo provide an estimated earnings per...