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God,I only asked a"what if"question!! Ok this guy may not be God but you would think that he at least knows more than me(a novice),Paul Whatshisname that is.

Thanks for the comments lads. HD your comments on vega seem to condradict a paragraph from Paul Forchione's book Trading Options Visually. "The strategy of initiating a butterfly trade is intended to"see the trade through"to expiration,so the Vega factor is not important.Vega is never...

Most pro's stress putting on these spreads near term obviously to benefit from time decay.It occured to me,what would be the advantages disadvantages of doing these long term?For instance,if you were to put on a B/fly on the Dec 05 SPX you would collect a nice premium up front and continue to...

What about www.hotspotfx.com?

Just a quick question.I'm thinking of changing my broker to IB and I was wondering if you have to put up margin on both sides of these spreads,or is it treated as one?Can't seem to find info on their site.

He even looks retarded!

Mav,riskarb,Could any of you guys explain the ins and out of this spread.Paul Forchione mentions it on his site as one of his favorite strategies but he does not go into detail.I've looked at many option sites but can't seem to find anything in detail.Thanks.

No,I dont want anyone to hold my hand.The point I am trying to make is that sometimes you get the feeling that people dont want newbies to trade options. It starts with the brokers,you have to lie about your experience just so you can open an account!Then you waste money on the various books...

My my,aren't you the smug ones.The patronising tones are obviously due to you and ktm being genetically born to trading options!!I thought the idea of these kind of forums is to exchange ideas and to help people who are new to certain kinds of trading.Obviously to you and to ktm,you are either a...

Although I have been reading the options postings for a long while I have never made a posting myself,so here goes. At the risk of being called a sycophant may I just say I am absolutely stunned at the knowledge you guys have about options.Although I vaguely understand some of the strategies...