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  1. Gimpyron

    Iron Condor - Is this the best?

    Good luck Crayon im here for the same reason as you and i can get your point that some people being abit rude, abit Impatient.. but thats ok i guess, people use to follow this site for few good years and some rookie questions keep coming.. every one with his own reaction. Vix - trader got a...
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    Where can I get a free live options demo?

    Some brokers got paper trade account which imitate the real account activities. For instance interactive brokers got paper account (with 1M "play money") that is all yours for testing strategies with real trade conditions and real quotes
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    Time for VIX trade?

    Hello everyone With little correction expected (?) in the short - mid term will it be right to buy VIX- Dec14 Naked call 14 for debit of 1.88. breakeven at strike 16. im pretty convinced the VIX will surprise higher at some point of this month, right then the naked option will be sold. Im not...
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    Online strategy p&l calculator

    I will give you this link http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=SPY&date=1416614400 It seems to have the same search mechanism and same options details. I gave it to you with a glance and i'm sure there are more helpful sources out there. I'm following your thread and waiting for news from this...
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    Online strategy p&l calculator

    interesting project!! vv nice. question.. im checking up SPY for instance, on the risk profile there is a strike to choose. strike can be chosen only in 5 points jump. is there any other way to choose the in between strikes? and same about expire date
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    calculate win probability . how i do this

    So on index options there are no feed ;);)
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    calculate win probability . how i do this

    I am trading Interactive brokers at the moment and there are no expiration fees!
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    calculate win probability . how i do this

    I dont understand why, my friend, I just Bought spr at 3.88 debit. After 5 days the spreads expire so i get 4 credit, 3.88\4 = 3.1% I dont mind what happends to the spread value during this 5 days as long as its not threatening getting into my short leg strike.
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    calculate win probability . how i do this

    Example for successful trade I made: Wrote on mondey, 10/27, The underlying: SPDR S&P 500 - SPY, Trade price: 195.71 Expires 10/31 oct Buy Long leg= Call 186 for 10.03 Sell Short leg = Call 190 for 6.15 Bought this spr opt for 3.88 debit, with real value of 4 at expiration. Market...
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    calculate win probability . how i do this

    Despite your pessimistic words i'd like to thank you for your comment and im happy its you who wrote that (maybe its because i mentioned your name?- who knew you such intolerant). I am still learning and i'm at the beginning of the journey. I started reading books and this strategy seems to be...
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    calculate win probability . how i do this

    Hello everyone I started trading stocks with the simplest strategy, DIM bull call spread. for isntace: AAPL trading for 108 Buy leg- call 98 Sell leg- call 103 I do this trades weekly, mon-fri. My main goal is keep it safe and get rich slowly, somtimes i write the spreads even deeper in the...
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    Exiting a Profitable Trade

    Agree with mellow You should always have some kind of nominal target (percentage) you expect from the position In case you dont, make yourself a proper plan
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    Market direction?

    Greetings I'm a new memeber here in the social network and new with option trading aswell. 2 positions i found interesting for investment: SPY, QQQ. i want to get in long deep in money positions for both of them, wait for 1 week for Estimated increases and later on sell 2 call positions a...
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