Recent content by Sahmi

Exelent advice! Very good!! :)

I use european styled index-options with cash-settlement. Early assignment is not possible. But on the other hand margin requirements can be quite tough ATM or ITM... Best Sahmi

Or can anybody explain me why the Bruins blow up year after year? Leading 3-1 in the series should be quite comfortable, maybe it was too comfortable... I just can`t believe it!! Deeply shaken Sahmi

With regards to the strategies I use, so far I've had close to a 90% success rate with my OTM credit spreads. Although my returns are only 8-14% per month, the probailities are in my favour. From what little I know about greeks, I would say that Delta could be a problem for me especially if...

Uuups... One more try: Absolutely agree to that!

Don`t give up!!!

Just in case... Maybe also have a look at the DAX-index options. They are also quite liquid! Symbol at EUREX (should also be the same at EUREX US): ODAX Happy trading!

Tell them you`re working at the stock exchange... and that it is very complicated... too hard to explain... For me, that works... :D

I`d recommend these books, too....

Very useful! Thank you very much!

Here, for example... http://www.cashflowheaven.com/freebookoffer.asp Happy trading!

hm... I think, theoretically, this might work... BUT (and that`s the point) to do this profitable, you need to go short quite a large pile of options... Then, with every other greek unchanged (theoretically, again), the overall risk exposure would be a bit to large for my taste... :) But...

Only a short answer from my side, there are specialists here who will do this far better... My knowledge is, that greeks for a special position are only valid at this very time and for the circumstances at this point of time... Delta for example will change for every point the underlying moves...