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may be too much to ask for. but I want to have a quick glance at the way an option price varies. during the day/week range I have seen in OptionsXpress, you can see a yearly chart for option leaps. see the screenshot of SPY 60 MARCH Put. IT IS THE BLUE line. but scottrade/ tradeking...

there was a recent post on this. but in another forum. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152275 I am using them for couple of months.. IF u sign up make sure u print the form when it allows you to: as you get only one shot at printing it. if you close the screen...

Interesting posts. has anyone heard of the odd lot theory. http://chestnutandcedar.com/library/InvestmentStrategies/LIBISoddlottheory.htm Odd-Lot Theory The odd-lot theory is based on the idea that the small individual investors who trade in less than 100 share lots are not smart...

I get them from thinkorswim may be you can sign up for a demo account. or something. I have a real account with them. I like to know that I have the ability to trade options from my smart phone.

hi arizonadreamer, I also keep looking for ways to make undeployed cash work for us. last OCTOBER , I learnt that even the safest deep ITM covered call , is not exactly safe. If you say 3-5%. its like 0.35% a month Now if you look at any options screener for lot of SOLID stellar...

We dont need to be so worried about making 3-5% APY. usually selling far OTM naked put/calls generated safe returns. but with the current market, the most sureshot bet can turn against us. I am putting my unused funds to work by selling naked calls/puts in the last week of options...

BTW, if you are signing up for OPTIONSHOUSE, there is only one shot to get your application printed .which you have to fax. if you miss that popup page during the signup,then it is gone and you have to call customer service who will fax it to you: unless you fax it back, your account wont be...

by the way, another comparasion between. OptionsHouse and thinkorswim if you are flagged as a day trader: you need 50K in OH, while in TOS it is 25K Also TOS has futures account , all under one roof.. but now. the flat 14.95 for upto 4 legs.. it is too CHEAP.. say we do 10...

i had some wierd experiences with them. i wanted to sell one naked call. and I clicked the preview and it accidently refreshed 5 times and sold 5 calls. instead of 1 now it so happened that, by the time I realised it, the calls were profitable, but I will not hope that this happens again...

HE LOST THE BET... if it went to 7.5.. his ROI would be 7-10X times... too bad..

ya. right.. try telling that to folks who sold naked puts in October on most commodity stocks. like MOS . fell from 90 to 30... great stock to own.... POT.. fell from 140 to 80.. another gem.. everybody wanted to own them cheap..

in the worst case , they are assigned to you, may be you can roll them to next month . but I think you will be fine. with your break even 12.2.

ha ha.. the only time we get assigned is before Dividend date if any.. I think the Original poster wanted a quick assignment.. that wud be ideal.. but the buyer of the damn Call has paid till expiration. ha ha. why should become a bag holder. in the event if the stock falls.. covered...

since I think USO is too low, and I am bullish on OIL. but in the long term I was contemplating a covered call. But since USO is a complex ETF and charges 0.5% fee plus what ever it does to reflect the price of OIL is hocus/pocus, I thought about a put spread play In my ROTH IRA, I sold...

yup, to be able to consistently get results., the only strategy so far. known was used by Madoff.. see article at bottom. ha ha now we know why !.. I have come to the conclusion. you can play all the options you want and do all the technical analysis you want, finally at the...

about optionshouse, can someone tell me. what is the minimum equity requirement to sell naked calls/puts..

yes. I attended one optionsXpress seminar and one speaker spoke on synthetic options. and their advantages/disadvantages. He said that in the 80s. there used to be an entire floor of analyst.who used to pore over paper/tickers and make the arbirtrage opportunites. getting a dollar or more...

I have been using Zecco.. as I usually like selling naked puts/calls.. they worked fine for as long as my equity requirements were 50K.. but now.. they raised it to 250K.. they cited that the market volatility is the reason for this tightening. restrictions.! i am moving to...

on another note, yesterday , was amazing.. I had a bunch of short naked puts and calls..... all the call expired worthless.. ha ha.. i didnot even pay 5 cents to close them. as no one would try to assign them in after hours. and I had MONSANTO 65 put RTP Rio tinto at 125...

not always... if u choose 2X ultra shorts . like SKF.