Recent content by superabsorbent

You are right. There is no free lunch and insurance is never for free.

You are right, it's not a simple question and actually a rather interesting topic to discuss, which is the purpose of this forum, no?

Thanks. It seems to me like I would have to pay dearly (negative theta) to carry a SPX option position (e.g. long put vertical spread). My concern is not to get wiped out and/or stopped out because of volatility in the initial phase of putting on the position (assuming my directional assumption...

Howdy, I'd appreciate any advice from folks here on how to position a big market short. Assume you are convinced the market is going down the drain over the next 6 months (until QE resumes :), how could you position in the most leveraged way but still with some reasonable protection? It seems...