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Q If the put is more expensive than the call, what does it mean If an At the money Put trades for much higher than the ATM call, can we say that people are expecting the stock to move down? After all, what else could be the reason if the put is more expensive than the call? Please refer to...

Q http://www.nooptionantics.com/blog/?p=77 The reason call options are more expensive than put options ATM (at the money) Posted on September 15, 2010 by Peter Zomaya Jr. It has been a popular myth that the reason that calls trade higher than puts, when the options are at the money, is due to...

My guess is the OP wanted to find ATM options but not available. That's why the question. However, the confusion so far is the whole thread using examples of OTM options. Perhaps sometimes options can be priced abnormally just before active market open.

How long have you traded SPX options?

1. I think the title using the word ATM is not a proper one. 2. Practically no ATM could be found in reality for the OP's case at the time. 3. Depends on the futures, puts for equity futures (actually SPX options included) would be generally more expensive than calls. Currency futures is...

Q http://fermatslastspreadsheet.com/2012/04/05/pricing-options-in-your-head/ Pricing an at-the-money option: well-known and easy For an at-the-money call or put (ie where K=F), the price is the same, let’s call it ATMPrice. The BS formula reduces to a simpler: ATMPrice = 1/sqrt(2*PI) *...

Q http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/03/121003.asp Dividends, Interest Rates And Their Effect On Stock Options By Jim Graham | December 29, 2003 Share While the math behind options-pricing models may seem daunting, the underlying concepts are not. The variables used to come...

Agree. But sometimes no ATM options (straddle is not always available as wanted/desire), like the specific scenario with OP. Where pus is more expensive than calls!

My 2 cents: Puts in stocks is basically always more expensive than calls. To serve for hedging purpose. Other than the deltas, you need to check whether the same or similar pricing difference appearing in some other indexes options. It sees a yes to me for just now. That could mean the...

Check the deltas. One for 0.42, another -0.58. Both Not ATM.

Nice food, and healthy too!

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True indeed! Great thread, OP! So long!

Of course hindsight! Obviously you the Guru don't understand the above writing in English grammar! On Ignore!

#53 ( Feb 23, 2016 ) " The weekly chart favors uptrend, ..." & #57 ( Feb 25, 2016 ) .

Perhaps you should have bought some long calls for the whole day!

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AFAIK, only one of them is Doji. Just 2 cents!

Are they both Doji? Or just one of them!

Needless to say!