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OTM MBI Puts - Do I have these odds right?
You mean Risk to Return Ratio? Yes, your MaxReturn/MaxRisk will be 4:1, if Stock reaches $1 on Expiration date. If you are talking about odds of you ending profitable, thats a probability of Profit. It depends on the volatility of MBIA. -
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Why the S&P 500 Should Be Strangled
Iron condors seem to have too small BreakEven range. For example, with SPY I got following combinations from http://www.optionwin.com/Members/IronCondor.aspx For Oct'08 expiration, With LongCall/ShortCall/ShortPut/LongPut strikes of 126/124/123/121, we have following return numbers... -
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Why the S&P 500 Should Be Strangled
Yes, Unlimited risk.. I used the link below to find Short Strangle combinations on SPY. http://www.optionwin.com/Members/ShortStrangle.aspx (I had to login to customize the search criteria). With Spyder options - Oct'08 Short Strangles Exp CallStrike PutStrike... -
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Any significant difference between TOS or OX software?
Hey, Can you list couple of good Stock screeners available online. TIA, Kash -
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If you plan to buy and hold an index ETF for several months, better to sell a LEAP?
True, there is nothing such as free lunch in options. If you gain something, you lose something else. When you sell ITM/DITM puts, you get additional revenue. In return you are taking a cap on your upside. If you chose a strike such that the probability of the underlying going past the strike is... -
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How i can calculate a tetha of option
Simplest is: Theta = Options's Today Value - Tomorrow's value. Today's value <- You get it from the Market. Tomorrow's value: From that, compute the IV. Reduce the Days to Expire by 1. Using the other 3 required parameters (Underlying price, Strike Price, Call or Put), you can determine... -
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Top Covered Call UAUA/12.5/Sep'08
Thanks for the response Richard! As you said, Short Straddle looks even better! as per http://www.optionwin.com/Members/ShortStraddle.aspx A straddle on UAUA, at Strike 12.5, Exp. 09/20, Max Profit - 405 Lower B/E - 8.45 Upper B/E - 16.55 Thats an 8.10$ range, with around 4$... -
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Top Covered Call UAUA/12.5/Sep'08
Hi Experts, With UAUA, Sep'08 expiration 12.5 Strike Call, around 10:40AM today, Static Return 17.34% Return on Assigment 21.94% Lower Breakeven 10.25 Stock ask 12.38 Option Bid 2.15 Isnt that a good money? I... -
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Option's Times & Sales
Not clear about your question. Are you looking for 'Last Trade time' and 'Volume' kind of numbers?