Recent content by xexx12345

But how would you know when to jump off the train? The first sign of trouble? I'm riding the train but keeping my size really small.

Say you want to sell a strangle the 90 put and 100 call When you hit Sell and Sell on the option combo you have to hit BUY on the main screen. In any case they review what trade you want at the bottom left

oldnemsis, You must have some great patience holding these. It's incredibly slow and any pop in IV, we're just waiting and waiting. Do you ever manage the winners on these? taking 30 cents on $2.5 wide doesn't leave much room to manage winning trades... How about loss criteria?

Thanks for explaining the rationale. I suppose if you are fine holding the trade all the way to expiration, volatility does not matter. You would have to be able to hold unrealized loses for quite some time. How have the trades fared so far for you? If you like the price level and fundamentals...

Thanks that helps a lot. Are you ever considered of vega risk when it explodes since you're plays are so long dated? The vol's are relatively low for some of the trades here...just curious.

Newbie here excuse the dumb question but how are you getting the second part of expectation. I assume Prob 95% is derived from Delta and 37 is max you can get. 463 is Max loss, where is the 2% coming from? Likewise, where is the 3% and 232 coming from? Thanks

I moved over from Think or Swim brokerage onto IB a few weeks ago, I seem to be having trouble getting the greeks data and IV numbers to show up on my TWS platform. For positions I have on, the greeks/IV show but not for other times. Also the option statistics does not display.....anyone else...

Does the Option statistics show up for you? Sometimes in IB it appears blank... same with Greeks. Is this a setting on my end?

^ Bump Would also be interested if this is avaialble in TWS? Also does the Option statistics and Delta figures blank out for anyone? It seems to work sporadically.