Recent content by rbfallon

You're right, should have played it safe, although the market actually closed down for the day which is what I expected it to do.

Very good advice.

I know exactly what I did and understand the trade very well. The only lack of understanding was the index used to determine the opening price. The SPX opened on Friday the 19th at 2012.74: https://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EGSPC+Historical+Prices

Wow, I just screwed. I had a bear call spread open last Thursday on the SPX with the short strike at 2015 and the long strike at 2020. I know these settle at the opening price Friday morning. The SPX was around 2007 just before close Thursday afternoon and I believed the trend was down, so I...

I like the Spread Hacker feature in ThinkorSwim, but they don't have a way to use it for the weekly's. I've emailed TOS and they say they'll put it on their list, but I'm not holding my breath. Anyone know of a tool like Spread Hacker that I can use for the weekly's? I want to seach for...