Recent content by mw_401

Don't forget, if GE does not fall too far below 20 at expiration. You can just roll your short puts into a future month and get more premium. A naked short put is similar to a covered call. So if you are put the stock, selling the 20 call would be like rolling the 20 puts.

Can you give me any more opinions about OptionsHouse or eOptions? Like, how do they make their money? and does that mean a worse fill for me? How are the fills there? and can you get a butterfly or Iron Condor filled as a single order? I would guess that a single IC order would cost $40.

ThinkOrSwim analyze tab. www.thinkorswim.com often referred to as TOS. I was looking at some similar diagonals, and asking some questions about it. No one seems to have done much studying of this type of credit diagonal. I have tried small positions like this 7 times now, and each time I...

It also looks like it is in a trading channel. 57.50 or 60 looks like a top. So, if you were less sure, you could sell a call spread. It would make LESS money than these other strategies, but it could make money, even if you are completely wrong about your analysis.

What about writing puts on high-yielding stocks? I know that Altria (MO) is at risk from the new administration, but what about Phillip Morris Intl. (PM)? They both have a high yield and their products are not dependent on the economy.

I get charged $9.99 for my Apex account. How can I get the $5 rate?

Can you explain that type of fraud so that I can check whether I am covered?

I was considering all of the above (IB, OptionHouse, and ThinkOrSwim). Does anyone have any opinions about them? Some of the biggest considerations are commission rates. I traded about 1,000 option contracts this month, including a lot of moving around, but also Iron Condors, Calendar Spreads...