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What does that have to do with anything? It is clear that you have no idea what you are talking about. Price action is the chart. It is higher highs, lower lows and so on. It is the patterns that are setup such as triangles, flags, etc.... These patterns give you clear risk/reward points...

Can anyone explain why it costs so much more margin to sell calendar and time spreads. Is it just basically the vol risk that makes them "expensive" to sell? Thanks.

Keep it simple. 8 options in a spread is a little excessive for what you want to accomplish.

Then you shouldn’t have put a limit order. You messed up, its not the brokers fault. When you place a limit order for 16, that is saying to buy at no more than 16. So anything 16 and less is fair game. If you would have but a stop or stop limit at 16, then it would have waited for the...

You need to learn the difference between a limit order and a stop limit.

Well for one, most of the option spreads are defined risk. You know your risk before you get in a trade. If you sell i $1 vertical, you know your risk. You just have to be willing to accept that risk if the trade moves against you. 2. I think that any of the 2 legged spreads are easy for...

I sent them an email, i will give you the reply after I get it.

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What is going on whenever the /ZF bond futures does this in my attached pic. The bid and the ask are the same. It does not make since to me.

Usually the options are not exercised until expiration not whenever the price touches the strike.

Here is my layout for Thinkorswim platform. It is very customizable and has many great features for option trades such as the spread market depth, analyze page, and everything can be connected together in the platform. BTW, i would like to see some of the other Swimmers platform setups that...

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You could do a few butterflies and that would give you a negative vega.

Does an OTM decay faster than an ITM? Yes or no?

My general rule when putting on calenders is this: 1. If there are dividends coming up, stay away from call calenders. You do not have the dividend risk with puts because no one is going to exercise a put to grab a dividend. 2. I always sell the call or put that is OTM. Such as if XOM...

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I like calenders for alot of trades. Besides the + - vol difference between calenders and butterflies, calenders only have 2 legs with a butterfly having 3 but 4 options. They have both the same breakeven ranges with calenders having less legs. You can also do a 2-3 month calender to buy...

20-40% on a calender is a fair return on your money. It is enough to cover commissions, I was just wondering what everone else does. I do about 30-50 contracts per leg so it does take a nice chunk out of profits for all that commissions.

When you get into a spread because they have more then 1 leg, commissions are always on your mind. Anyhow, I was able to get into a PG calender today. I usually look for 20-40% profit targets on one month calenders. So my question is, do you figure your 20-40% profit target including your...

How far ITM were these puts that you sold?