Recent content by pete57

TempusFugit, thanks for the post. Yes I like the idea of time working for me by selling front month premium. In fact this thinking was part of what's behind my question. For example, if I were long term bullish on, say INTC (just as an example), I could look at buying something...

Lindq, thanks for the post. Re your comment 'options are just a derivative.' Yes of course. That is the whole reason behind my post. I don't believe you can successfully trade options without a view on the underlying. But the relationship between the option price and the...

I'm fairly new to options but am keen to learn as they suit my personality (I'm the type of person who is good at strategy games, the more complex the better). I have already learnt alot about various 'basic' combos (verticals, calendars, condors, butterflies, diagonals, ratios, straddles...