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You don't need to set up a worksheet to track your option trading. Your broker probably allows you to download a trading summary in .csv format, which is updated the next day. Just download the month, week, or year you need and sum up the Amount column, this will give your P/L. And from there...

All the option theory in the World isn't going to help you if the stock moves far enough against you to create a loss. This math formula might help: Short ATM options + 20 days to expiry = Recipe for disaster :)

That is correct. Before the trade is opened the trader should be able to predict or "visualize" a rough value of any option strategy if the stock reaches +0%, +5%, -5%, etc. at whatever date in the future. :)

My $1.20 estimate is good. I predicted that if the underlining trades flat after earnings the short straddle will drop in value, which it did. I wouldn't consider leaving out information about the underlining a "curveball". The more that is known about the underlining the more precise the...

Assuming earnings was last Friday then I "predict" the value on Monday would be about $1.20 - minus the bid/ask spread. :)

If the entry date was last Friday then I "predict" the value on Monday would be about $2.00 - minus the bid/ask spread. :)

Need more info: Stock price at entry. Type of option position (calls, puts, long, short, debit spread credit spread, etc) How much credit or debit was the position. Option expiry date. Estimated value of the underlining sometime in the future. With the above information all option...

What is the most statistically predictable Option strategy? They all are predictable. Anyone with a basic understanding of options should be able to predict a rough value of the position depending on the value of the underlining. The underlining is the unpredictable part. :)

Do you mean like these professionals? EUR/CHF wipeout/margin call ... negative balance ... what to do? No pike trading with those guys, they squeeze maximum profit from their trading accounts. :)

Conservative Option Trades is an oxymoron. Options are not a conservative way of trading, they are high risk no matter how you trade them. :)

Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. Saddam Hussein (Iraq) Muammar Gaddafi (Libya) Kim Jong-un (North Korea) Is the World better off without Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi? :)

No need to waste your time trying to exit the position. Just submit the following order. Limit Order: Sell at $0.01 Good Until: March 20, 2015 :)

Anonymous sources should always be taken with a grain of salt. But the alleged profit of $300 million is interesting, it's the exact opposite of the loses traders at FXCM generated. FXCM CEO Drew Niv Discusses Firm's Future after the CHF Crisis Collateral in FXCM clients accounts: $80 million...

Just one problem. Nobody knows how the market will react to news. The SNB was caught off guard with the extreme EUR/CHF move just as much as anyone else. :)

PM is Portfolio Margin https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/?f=margin&p=pmar :)

Looks like Yahoo Finance has discontinued the Stocktwits feed, which they called Market Pulse. The link was just below the Message Boards link, now it's gone. Even though it was 95% crap I enjoyed reading it once in awhile. :)

That works out to slightly over 12.5:1 margin. Nothing wrong with that. :)

Images like that is why ISIS produced the latest video.

Has anyone seen the full 22 minute video? The production value is very high, the sound and editing is very professional. My guess is that it would have taken about a week or so to produce the video.

She, not he. :)