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Sorry mate. That was meant for scriabinop23 and he already answered. Good Luck to the both of you. An IV crush is imminent.

Call Calendar exit @$1.25 Holding Put Calendar into/through Feb expiry.

In this dream of yours, will you be holding short Feb ITM Puts into Friday?

GRMN $52.71 $55/$50 Dbl. Calendar Feb/Mar ratioed 4:5 Call side cost $0.68 Put side cost $0.53 Will post my exit.

Depends on the outlook and which options (Calendars) offer the best risk/reward/probability. For stocks such as ISRG, trading around $100 the day before earnings, my position was a $115 Call Calendar and a $90 Put Calendar. For stock like EBAY it was a Double Calendar at $30, YHOO the...

This is exactly what i did for ISRG (115/90) except the ratio was 1:1. Looking ahead though it seems like a good approach to ratio one side higher for ISRG and MA types. I was so busy analyzing good candidates that it didn't dawn on me-the special dividend! Thank You guys for pointing this...

Try RedOption.com They haven't been doing that great lately and they are more for educational purposes for swimmers. If you are an institutional client i would call Tom Sosnoff.

One of the Calendars that did not get filled was Diamond Offshore (DO). IV's on the put side were juiced and i was going to sell the 85 Put Calendar the day before earnings were released. Does anyone with a better understanding of Volatility structure and surface care to comment on the...

Buying a Calendar is selling a near month option and buying the same strike next or further month option. The goal for these earnings Calendar setups are to capture high front month IV in a limited risk construct. We don't want an adverse underlying price movement beyond the difference in...

Some traders treat broad-based ETF option trades as 1256 contracts and want to get the 60/40 tax treatment. It is up to you and your accountant to decide if this is a step worth taking. There is no clear regulation from the IRS on this matter.

I have been buying Calendars right before earnings depending on the outlook for the underlying and which options offer the best chance of profiting. The Calendar spread is of little value to me per se other then to capture high front month IV. They are sold after the collapse--not held...

Technically Vega is not a Greek and Volga rocks :D

Candeo, Two words: Implied Volatility Ask your question on Live Support or call in please. They will explain it to you. Why are you asking this here anyway, when ToS offers so much in the way of information and help. Good Luck mate.

Yeah i know. IT's not easy. Nothing in this business is easy. I grew up around money; all of my friends families have it and i don't :) I guess my point is to say that once you have something worth investing into, i.e. a proven ever evolving model, then seasoned investors will jump at...

JUst covered what i sold at the close yest., 6.12, still short... EDIT: Nice move lower!!!

Sold more TWTR yesterday at the close. THe chart looks good for a drop today. If sp500 trades into 1260 it should help the selling in TWTR.

Just razzing the old sport. If his handle holds true it rolled right off him. LOW just had a split and the options are trading 1.25 strikes. Looks interesting. I own(ed) calls before the split--premiums dropped somewhat...

Thanks Dave. I answered your PM and am posting here in case you don't recieve it. I'm not interested in wasting my time fixing IB's TWS. You can however work on correcting account balances and fixing PnLs--they are always wrong. The other stuff i mentioned makes no difference to me as i am...

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TWS does not save allocation profiles. They have to be valued manually each time you want to place a trade in the F&F accounts. You must open configuration and reset the values each time unless you use the last one set. For example, you want to decrease you and your clients position by...