Recent content by kperrin

I like to trade the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) but I find there are too few strikes. The UI trades in the $10.00 to $12.00 range, yet there are strikes only every dollar. It would seem to me that strikes every $0.50 would provide a lot more precision and flexibility. The difference between...

As I say, I am not slagging off the broker, which is E*Trade. I am, however, surprised that everything is manual when it comes to spread trading. I thought all this stuff was electronic, thus the name "E*Trade". I have to phone in every spread order, and they post all the transactions...

I've been trading for two months now. Net-net I've made some money, but mostly I'm on a steep learning curve about the mechanics, mathematics, psychology and pitfalls of options trading. My lesson this month, among others, is that brokers make mistakes. My broker has managed to do the...

Everything by Mark Wolfinger. Practical, plain language, conservative introductory texts. If it turns out you are a brilliant mathematician, there are tons of more technical tomes, but these will get you started.

I am trading mining stocks, precious metal ETF's and derivatives. I am working from Canada and there are tax and FX advantages to working in CDN dollars on a Canadian exchange. I tend to choose instruments that trade both on the Toronto Exchange and in NY. I can trade the options on these...

Can anyone recommend base metal (specifically copper and nickel) or base metal index ETF's? I have found COPA (London) and DBB from Powershares. Any others?

I'm sure he wouldn't mind. With acknowledement to Peter Hoadley, here is what he said: "The Open Positions Manager is mean for end of day valuation of an option portfolio. It values each option using an IV which you enter manually and the underlying asset price (which you can enter...

Never mind. Peter Hoadley very patiently wrote me a detailed and very helpful answer to this rather dumb question.

I have started using the tool set from Peter Hoadley. I bought the whole package and I love it. I do have a question. On the "Positions" sheet in the OpenPositions workbook the current option price is a calculated number. In order to force the number to the actual trading price at the...

Right. What MTE said. I meant to say that. Really.