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Do you know how to calculate this price?

What is the trough? How do you measure a "sign of a storm"?

How do you buy 6+ standard deviation puts?

Yes but not all OTM options are mispriced the big question is: which one is too cheap? and how do you measure that?

I'm tempted to read those papers, but maybe I can't understand the complex math behind it.

I think I can do it if the bet is small enough, what I meant was when do you call your profits 5X 10X 100X?

Exactly!

Volatility is usually underpriced, How did you get to that conclusion?

I think the hardest part of buying OTM options is deciding when do I get out.

Do you have any experience doing so?

I'm a beginner options trader looking to take advantage of randomness and luck.

Is he making a case that buying OTM options is more profitable than selling them?

I think it is a great way to find options trades, but I'm just a rookie. What do you think?

Do you know the Hulbert Financial Digest? http://hulbertratings.com/ This is his intro: Mark Hulbert knows which investment strategies are working, and—just as importantly—which are not. In fact, he’s dedicated his career—since 1980—to rigorously tracking the real-world performance of...

Hi, anyone making use of any of these services? What's your experience? Would you recommend it? The website is: http://www.dohmencapital.com/

Any option trader from Madrid?

If I buy 10 stock of XYZ at $100 I only need $500, but Can I sell 10 $1 dollar wide vertical spread with $500?

No that I'm his lawyer, but in some episodes, he recommends to widen the width of the strikes instead of increasing the number of contracts, this reduces commissions and increases the probability of success. You said you trade index options, do you trade then naked or verticals spreads?

5% of the portfolio maximum per trade, around 10 positions and leaving 50% in cash.

Yes that's insane. But 5% per trade I think is a good allocation per trade.