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I've recently read Augen's book where he describes this indicator. Another book (Benklifa's on Iron Condors) expresses admiration for this indicator. But I am not really sure how i can use it to any advantage. It shows me the volatility of historical price changes, but how can I take...

sweet. thank you

Was hoping to do something quick and dirty. Thanks for the help

Is there a free or cheap service that offers realtime or delayed option quotes, specifically the greeks? At the moment I am really interested in volatility and delta. I see iVolatility.com as a service but it looks antiquated. And I can find others that are outrageously expensive. I am...

I feel like such a Premium-whore - I was hoping to capitalize on the juicy premium... but... maybe I will just sit back and watch this time :)

Cool. I'll look out for that tomorrow. Still trying to wrap my head around double-diagonals and when its best to use them. Thanks

What different views? Aren't both an expression of decreasing vol within a given range - one just has more/some protection than the other? I definitely have no insight - have read all the news, and don't have an informed opinion. My wife works with the FDA and says they are very very...

Snap - thats a shitty day. But I do understand that the vol is quite high - and anything w.r.t. to this stock would be speculative.

Yup - Next Wednesday the FDA is reviewing their obesity drug and earnings are the week following. Edit: I just discovered this as well...

You are right. I was just taking the mid-point numbers that TOS gives you (I really wish it was not so optimistic). I just finished reading a book on using options at earnings and the author paid no attention to limiting risk with ICs vs using strangles... so it made me feel as if I was...

I see many people use short strangles/straddles on this forum for earnings annoucements - but I don't understand why a Iron Condor is not used instead to limit the downside. Is it just that the strangle is a much better payout? Is there something I am missing? I am looking at an IC for VVUS...

Yup - well aware of that and I double checked it. Screen cap shows they are all unlocked.

I'm using TOS to create a complex option strategy. The other day I saw some bugginess in TOS's graphs (<i>it showed me a fantastic risk profile for a trade, but when I closed my laptop and resumed, it was a totally different risk profile - and I captured screenshots to prove I changed...

Does it make sense to go Long/Short the underlying asset in order to make an Iron Condor position delta neutral? (I was watching a video where the author stated such. I understand how it can move you to the sweetspot of the risk curve, but at great expense)