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    Unusual options activity(UOA)

    Anybody play this here? what does livevol provide on Unusual options activity? I know TOS has the sizzle index ... The Sizzle index is a measure of the current option volume vs. the past 5 trading days' volume. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wd-lJs8pAc I know Andrew Keene...
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    What are your favorite FREE options educational resources?

    and what about them do you most appreciate? A paid site is okay to list IF it has good free resources. I am currently learning alot from reading Ophir Gottlieb's Livevol blog: http://livevol.blogspot.com/2012/01/understanding-option-skew-what-it-is.html He has hundreds of posts in the...
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    Please interpret this theta plot

    good follow up article to above from livevol blog ... scroll down to Friday, March 7, 2014 http://livevol.blogspot.com/2014_03_01_archive.html
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    Please interpret this theta plot

    excellent article on theta decay of far otm options vs. atm options and their corresponding very different decay plots: http://livevol.blogspot.com/2014/02/so-youre-premium-seller-huh-just-love.html
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    Open Interest and Option Availability

    I assume this is true only for stocks that trade the highest option volumes. Maybe the top 100 or 200. Is that what you are referring to here? Or is this true more generally than that?
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    Please interpret this theta plot

    If you have what you think is a better theta plot in any way please post it here. Thanks.
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    Please interpret this theta plot

    Selling at 60 days to exp. looks like it would also provide excellent theta decay for 70% and 90% otm
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    Compute vega at -1.0, -0.5, +0.5, +1.0, +1.5 moneyness

    Scroll down to the relevant exp. http://www.optionistics.com/quotes/stock-option-chains?symbol=AAPL You can plot whatever greek you want on this chart: http://www.optionistics.com/quotes/option-prices?optsym=AAPL%20%20140627C00090000 This is all eod data
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    Please interpret this theta plot

    This plot is from the june 20, 2014 Tasty trade on youtube found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwslkD6WWI8 Here is the plot as an attachment... I do not know the specifics on how they obtained this plot. Maybe some other Tasty trader can help me out there. The dotted vertical line...
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    What are the implications of this option chain?

    http://www.optionistics.com/quotes/stock-option-chains?symbol=MIL The above are eod quotes only. Some very low theta at some of the strikes.
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    What are the implications of this option chain?

    What is the ticker? So we can check it out.
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    Understanding the Icahn FDO position

    Please help me understand why the sec doesn't require specifics on the puts Icahn sold to finance this FDO trade. Here are the specifics of the calls and stock he bought, see items 5 and 6 http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34408/000092846414000058/fdosch13d060614.htm Under item 6 put...
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    Basic question for experienced options traders

    Check out this chart to put things into perspective: http://quotes.ino.com/chart/index.html?s=NYMEX_SO.Z15.5000C&t=l&a=&w=&v=dmax Know that the multiplier is $5000 per point for silver. Here's the chart for the silver futures contract over the same time frame...
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    Valuable IV Rank thinkscript for TOS

    Tastytrade on their Dec. 19, 2013 Gamechangers show just put out a terrific video and thinkscript for TOS https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/game-changer/episodes/8141 You may have to sign up to tastytrade which is free to view the video. The "meat" of the video starts at about 7...
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    laptop for trading

    This 17 inch looks quite good to me. Configured with more 12 or 16 gb ram and 128 gb ssd , and 3 yr warranty it'll cost about $1350. http://www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=1584 Power Pro is their house brand. It supports 2 external monitors in addition to the laptop...
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    How do I get a 3rd monitor with only one video card?

    I would assume the usb 3.0 adapters deliver a much higher quality picture than the usb 2.0 making the extra cost for the 3.0 worthwhile Can anyone confirm this?
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    How do I get a 3rd monitor with only one video card?

    Do you mean the picture quality with full screen video using the usb to dvi adapter is poor?
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    How do I get a 3rd monitor with only one video card?

    Maybe this would work: Plugable USB 3.0 to HDMI / DVI Adapter for Windows and Mac OS X 10.8.3 Multiple Monitors up to 2048x1152 / 1920x1200 http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Multiple-2048x1152-1920x1200-DisplayLink/dp/B007L6NYAO/ref=pd_sim_pc_1
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    Laptop-multiple monitors

    Has anyone used one of these: Plugable USB 3.0 to HDMI / DVI Adapter for Multiple Monitors up to 2048x1152 / 1920x1200 Each (DisplayLink DL-3500 Chipset) Technical Details Connect up to six HDMI or DVI monitors to Windows-based laptops or desktops. one adapter...
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    Best Mac laptop for trading

    I am considering a Macbook Pro with Retina display but I am unsure whether to splurge for the 16 MB of RAM. I am also unclear about what i7 processor to upgrade to. Finally, do I need to upgrade the ssd from 256 to 512? I am an intensive trader with lots of windows and applications open...
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