Recent content by heiasafari

Realized vol is almost always lower than implied vol (except on rare occasions) and realized vol should never be used as a measuring tool IMO. What you need to look at is where implied vol is compared to its average. You sell options on stocks who's implied vol is higher than the average implied...

Most tradeable options are very liquid and have a minimal bid-ask spread... If you feel they are too dangerous to sell, buy them! If you feel buying them is a sucker`s game, sell them! With a 0.01 or 0.05 spread, there is no edge either way, it just depends on what your goal is. The question...

Thanks for your input guys, so its seems either of those would be a good firm!

Hi guys, I am looking for a new futures broker as I am not satisfied with my current one... Considering my geographical location, I am limited in my choices... I am down to the final 2, named in the title... I would probably be going with Firetip... Just as info, I trade maybe 50 contracts a...

Don't risk your money with a rinky dink outfit Your only viable choice in Canada is interactive brokers

Nice points, I am also a big fan of optionnet explorer. I would love to see a broker offer it or something similar. In general I would also be willing to pay 1.25 per contract no questions asked for a technology that is decent without ticket charge. I would dump IB in a heartbeat if that...

Wow welcome to the early 2000's I am Canadian and have been trading spreads for years so I know how backward Canadian Brokers are but I am happy to see that some are trying... If I was rude (sometimes I am but not on purpose), I would say: open a demo account with ThinkorSwim and do...

Don't go with Maverick... I would also be hesitant with futures options, there is only a handful of liquid options on those... I am with Nonko for option trading (not for long though) and so far no complains.

What you need for this to work is an identifiable binary event. Options cannot price correctly extreme events and you could benefit from it. Some traders have made a specialty out of this. In many of the cases you pointed out, a slow leak into oblivion is more likely and that is not the way...

I cannot disagree with you here, I use both IB and Trademonster and I can say that Trademonster's execution is pathetic compared to IB. However I will also say this: IB's trading platform is a MAJOR pain in the arse when it comes to trading option spreads. Trademonster's is much more...

It was canned, no network wanted to buy it

All of that stuff is on youtube btw

Well technically they could be seen as 2 separate transactions and placed that way but I see them really as one: Calendar and Iron butterfly combined: For example I might sell 6 ATM calls and puts, buy 2 of the same strike 1 month later and buy 4 calls and puts same exp as the ones I sold 30...

Hi guys, currently trading with IB and TM, kind of fed-up with some aspects of both and looking for opinions as to where I should be looking at... Of IB: I am tired of the very unfriendly way one has to enter options spreads, fed up with having to break them down into 2 or 3 orders and...