Recent content by HermesTrismegistus

Is there a tolerance level at which price an option is exercised? What I mean is, does the strike price need to be more than a certain amount more or less than the underlying price before you can be certain you are going to be exercised? Example; MSFT, at 107.00, you have sold a Call at 110.00...

Are there any good brokers who offer demo charts where I can see the flow of options data? One of the issues would be, I am guessing, is that data (options quotes) are transient, and you can't backtest, unlike FX futures. Are there historic quote datasets that I can number-crunch?

hi Would like to get an idea of courses and training you have found useful. I am guessing the spammy emails I get are from poor-traders/vendors rather than actual traders. How long did your training last before you felt confident to take your first options trade. Whats an optimum account size...