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RabidTrader has the same posting style as JesseJamesFinn. :)

This is the current tally: Total: 234 (members: 42, guests: 159, robots: 33) Still very active ...... I find that replies can be within 10. :)

You could try a Butterfly Sell 2 weekly options with a strike at your target for SPY. (body) Buy 1 weekly option a couple of strikes above. (wing) Buy 1 weekly option a couple of strikes below. (wing) This will be a debit position to open. Calls or Puts. Maximum profit will be at expiry if...

It's all about how far apart the strikes are. Try some Iron Condors with a $5.00 spread and $2.00 premium - maximum loss is only $3.00. Checkout oldnemesis's posts in the option forum for some ideas. Tweak his OTM $0.50 Credit Spreads into $2.00 Iron Condors buy moving the strikes closer to the...

Reality: Most option traders do not have the funds to buy/sell the stock that their option positions cover. It's called leverage. Solution: Exit before expiry if ITM or ATM. :)

I wouldn't cover - because the next day you might be back in the green. :)

jonny1lot ........ that makes no sense at all. Once "XYZ" hits $115 the maximum loss has been reached - unrealized. There is no need to panic and micro-manage the position. Best thing to do is wait to expiry and maybe the underlying moves back down. The long legs provide the hedge and mitigate...

NFLX up 6%. Those sort of pre-earnings moves always through me off balance and sometimes will prevent me from entering a trade. I prefer the stock to trade relatively flat ( plus/minus 2%) in the week leading up to earnings. Lets see what happens on Monday and Tuesday. :)

How about providing links to these "problem" posts? Let us judge them ourselves. :)

OK ... Thanks. I just checked my brokers drop down menu for options and this is what they got: Buy to open Buy to close Sell to open Sell to close This and that Home run I will have to try "This and that" sometime. :)

Same with me, I prefer long weekly OTM option trades risking the entire debit paid - about $100.00. You can't get a better risk:reward ratio. Which strategy do you use? :)

That could be MSFT mission statement for the last 20 years. IMO ...... MSFT would be a good long OTM call option position for earnings on October 22. I might post a live trade in my NFLX earnings - The fun begins October 1 thread. :)

Long weekly OTM options is the least riskiest option position. Long weekly OTM options has the best risk:reward ratio. "High IV" has little impact on the profit/loss. Earnings is an exciting time to be long options. :)

I don't get it. Yes ......... I also think the uptrend will continue. I have my eye on GOOGL, they are only $40.00 from their all-time high - I expect them to surpass $713.00 after earnings. :)

NFLX earnings - The fun begins October 14 NFLX earnings are October 14. I believe they are the first of the "tech titans" to report, then the following two weeks for the rest of them. AAPL MSFT GOOGL AMZN PCLN FB TSLA Get your option chains out and start planning your trades. I'm on...

Volatility dies down very quickly - within days if YUM trades relatively flat. These earnings will have no affect on the options for next earnings. :)

Not for the last 20 years the 1-year terms have been foolish. Mortgage rates have been in decline for 20 years. :)

You have the amortization and term mixed up. A mortgage with a 15 or 30 year amortization and a 1-year term locks in the borrower for only 1 year. The borrower is then free to renew under his terms: Pay it off - no penalties. Change lenders - no penalties. Change the amortization period...

15 years or 30 years is the amortization, correct? The common choices for the term would be 1,2,3,4 or 5 years - to be renewed when it expires. I would go with a 30 year amortization and a 1 year term. :)

Yes ........ Most trades lose. But a small handful make it worthwhile. :)