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You guys are obsessed with the option greeks .... so much so you can't see the forest through the trees. The original question is simple: Straddles, are they every profitable? The answer is simple: Yes they are ... if the underlying moves as you predicted. You guys can now get back to your...

RE: Can an undocumented open a brokerage account? Savings/checking account: YES Brokerage account: NO :)

I just noticed TSLA was immune from the recent market turmoil. In fact it's up over $5.00 from Thursday's close. :)

What about AMD, are they a penny stock? :)

Setup an account with TD Ameritrade No account minimum for new accounts (IB has a $10,000 minimum for new accounts). Plenty of opportunity with $100 trades. $100 trades are vastly superior to paper-trading, books, option theory, etc. Real trades behave differently than paper-trades. The...

S&P500, Nasdaq100, DJIA futures up almost 1%. :)

Equity options can be bought and sold at any time before expiry. The price of the options will be determined by the underlying. 99% of option traders have no intention of trading the underlying- they will close the trade on or before the expiry date. Place small $100 option trades to learn the...

Why not just trade BMO options on NYSE? I assume there would be more volume and better bid/ask spreads than the TSE options. IMO ..... Different markets should be considered different risks. What about stat holidays? Adverse market conditions while one market is closed due to a stat holiday. :)

The market will continue with its downward slide for the remainder of the June. I have never seen the market immediately bounce back after such a meltdown. The market will bounce back but not this week - momentum at this time is clearly DOWN. Good luck with your trading for the coming weeks -...

Speculative is the term you are looking for. The "lottery ticket" analogy is over used on ET and does not apply to options. Option trading is Speculative. :)

Selling options is like Bambi meeting Godzilla. :)

What a ridiculous comment. :)

PCLN took a pounding...... I regret not buying the weekly PCLN puts and posting the trade live to ET - I would be an ET hero after such a trade. :)

Brexit - The Aftermath. Thoughts? Regrets? Another ET Brexit thread? Why? :)

COST held up very well during todays market turmoil. :)

Long puts would obviously have been a better trade. FXB July 15, 2016 143.00 put up about 3.6x from $2.60 to $9.50. :)

Hindsight is always 20/20. :)

Free fall has stopped, and reversed slightly. Less than -2% No vote the markets will rebound. Yes vote the sell-off will continue. :)

Futures (S&P500, DJIA, Nasdaq100) Down 1%+ EDIT: And still declining EDIT: Getting close to -2% EDIT: I figure tomorrow will be one of the biggest down days in a year on the US markets. :)

The next business day. :)