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Donna, I don't want to talk u out of your own trade. On the other hand, the stock could consolidate here, and although 'reversion to the mean' should occur, IV could stay near 100% for some time. I'm afraid I'm a neophyte calendar spreader myself. :confused: :confused:

Donna, Here's the greeks for the Feb/May Long calendar 20 put, 22.5 call, and 25 call. Delta Gamma Theta Vega 88.09 -103.75 33.02 89.61 I'll probably leave it be and roll short strikes early Feb exp weekish. Very interesting RMBS reverse calendar play. I love...

donna, looks like u have a nice looking wfmi calendar on your hands, there. i also enjoy using calendar spreads on equities. i'm also pretty sure wfmi reports earnings on Feb. 8, so u may want to roll that short strike before that. Sometimes I like multiple strike calendars using both put...

iceman is killing it!! 171% return in two days, you're absolutely killin' it,man! I particlularly enjoy your musings on experience in trading as it relates to other professions (medicine) and the learning curve associated with it, going from novice to neophyte to professional. I am still paper...

Snoop, I'm no expert by any stretch but check out AutumnGold.com. I'm not affiliated with them at all, just a newbie trader scouring for hedge fund info. I think you can list your fund for like 100 bucks. I've been checking out the different trading styles and have seen funds as small as $60,000...

I took a gamble on those TTWO JAN 20 calls today, no big deal. I wish I woulda bought some GOOG JAN 420 puts today! Someone I know claims to have bought 10 at .05 this morning, only to see it close worth 20.80! Not a bad $50 bet parlayed into $20K!!Damn. Nice journal by the way iceman.

S&P 500, SPX, SPY,SP6H. I'm under the impression spoo is slang for any or all of these? I could be wrong. I'm actually still paper trading myself. The more I study equity and index options, the more I realize how much more there is to learn, before I put real capital at risk. My current...

yeah, i'm new and i plan on starting out trading 200-500 lot spoo iron condor's, i thought about single lot but a 200 lot is only about .0001% of capital. I also plan to start 50 car s&p futures. Can anyone recommend a good broker to get my feet wet with this kind of action?

I've been consistantly losing money being long and/or short equities for 5 yrs now. Been studying options religiously for 4-5 months now. I plan on spread trading only(ic's,calendars,double diagonals,flys,etc) in the coming months part-time. I'm 28 years old and live in Erie, Pennslyvania.