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What do you think about 2 verticals same strikes but diff months, short the front month and long the back month (or essentially 2 calendars one long one short) Such as (edit: prices are from last week when I was typing this) BTO Sept 1175 put STO Sep 1200 put Credit 2.05 BTO Dec...

havent traded the RUT but this quote may help you, I just happen to be looking it up myself, it was an answer to a question I had posted about cutting into the b/a

BTO 20 SPX 1150 put STO 20 SPX 1165 put Net credit .50 ROM .5/14.5 = 3.45% nice spike in the VIX here going into the close, 15.22 off the low of 14.07 for the day

Thanks although I should post it with this disclaimer: There is no reason to assume that the future is in any way encumbered by the limits of the past. case in point, nothing worse than a 90 point move towards your short leg, and THEN you get a black swan Date......... 30 day change...

Thought people might be interested in this 1 year SPX data as of Fri Aug 4, based on the daily close highest close 1,325.76 lowest close 1,176.84 best day 26.87 worst day -23.55 average up day 6.40 average down day -6.65 average up 30 day* 20.53 average down 30 day -28.18 best...

I've done hedged dividend capture a few times and all were successful, but I gave it up because I had to drop the put side to make money, so I had downside risk and my profit was more a result of stock picking than anything inherent in the strategy. And if I could consistently pick stocks I...

Question on the diagonals, is there a way to: 1) Estimate what your long leg would be worth at the expiration of the short leg? Assume all else equal - index, IV etc. I feel I should know how to do this already, using theta and days to exp, but I don’t seem to :p 2) Estimate what you...

I havent checked but that 1330 looks like an OCT to me not a Sept, hence a 30 day naked write (post Sept exp) not a free lunch :D

I am having the same problem, any comments would benefit me as well :)

thanks for all the replies, great great info well despite not getting filled, I think I picked a good entry. The spread actually turned NEGATIVE this morning (slight debit). I think I correctly identified it as over valued yesterday. which brings me to my next question. in looking as...

Hi all, Question about cutting into the b/a on the SPX, this didnt get filled today: BTO 20 1150 / STO 20 1160 put spread net credit of .20 SPX @ 1267 1150 was .50 - .70 1160 was .70 - 1.00 aka 0 / .50 Then it went to .50 - .65 and .70 - 1.00 aka .05 / .50 But they...

dont forget PMI. If you put down less than 20% on a home, most mortgage companies force you to pay for PMI, which insures the first 20% of a home's value. So if you buy at 100k, put down nothing, the market tanks and you walk away, the bank really only has 80k at risk. The first 20k is...

probably left over accounting methods from when short against the box was a common tax strategy. Old systems, never updated. Most retail brokers use ADP, or a system based on ADP, which has seperate cash, margin and short accounts as kotika describes. Who knows, if they auto- paired it off...

Good gawd, why would they even hold that much? The max loss on a short 5 put is $500. I'll take your word for it though since I dont know their requirements. Thats messed up. I hate to ask this since I assume you know the difference, but are you sure you weren't assigned?

At what point do you cut your losses if it keeps moving against you? Anyone who pair trades care to comment?

sorosisgod, even if you got it, you should be aware that the series 7 will expire in 2 years if you are not employed by a broker/dealer at any point during that time.

yup it came out last week, but I was just wondering if this would be it, or just how much further they could take it. Thanks for pointing out though, lotsa 2k users on this board :D

this is a good point, Service Pack 1 is about to be released (if it hasn't already). XP Pro will probably continue to be improved, while I think Win2k is "done". I doubt MS would pour more money into improving 2k since they want you to buy XP. If you've got 2k already, stick with it, but...

Anyone have any input here? :confused:

Anyone using XP Pro? Is it better than 2k (or at least the same)? They cost about the same so I've been wondering...