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    Help me understand this position

    which stock are we talking about ?
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    Excel skills

    try this: http://www.OptionTradingTips.com
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    Purely Mechanical Option Trading Part 2

    hmmm... 11-02-12 SPY DEC 145 Calls Buy Limit: 1.85 (filled) Sell Limit: 2.40 Stop: 1.30 This one went below the stop. A new confirming call signal on 11-05 mandated a second buy on the 11-02-12 call trade and new trade parameters to accommodate Buy 2: We believe you !
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    Purely Mechanical Option Trading Part 2

    his one is a looser.....................hahahaha
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    check your broker !!!

    I know it is sunday and the markets are closed. I am thinking of setting up a position on mondaymorning. The delta's that my broker (IB) shows makes no sense. That what I think, or am I making a mistake ? Therefore I need to be able to verify. I have made an excel spreadsheet that...
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    has anyone tried this kind of butterfly?

    what are the delta's of these calls ?
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    Conservative Options Trades

    he guys, don't piss him off, i like this tread to continue
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    My butterfly/calendar/straddle option trades

    please be more specific: are you buying CALL or PUT butterflies. And it would be nice if you mention the exact date and time of your trades. I hope for you that SPX is not going below 1321 next week
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    Maths wiz please, probabilty formula how too

    look in the spreadsheet. The numbers are for the ERF function http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_function
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    Maths wiz please, probabilty formula how too

    75% is 1.152 sigma from: <url>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68-95-99.7_rule</url>
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    what is this ?

    At Interactive Brokers I placed a limit combination order: SELL 6x SPXPM june 1500 BUY 6x SPXPM june 1510 for a limit price of 0.45 (credit) At setting up the combination order I have 2 choices: SMART and CBOE2 I choose CBOE2, there is only one place where these options are available...
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    weekly expiration of RUT

    Why does it stop trading on thursday. And at what time ? 15:00, or 15:15 Chicago timezone ? I can trade AEX weeklies on the Fridays until expiration. When is the margin gone?
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    weekly expiration of RUT

    When is expiration ? My weekly is called "RUT Apr26'12 830 CALL @CBOE" That is a thursday !!! I found this article: www.forbes.com/feeds/options/2007/06/01/options17391.html It is 5 years old. Is it still valid ? RUT = 809.82 and RLS = 792.68 now.
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