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    SPX Credit Spread Trader

    RR Did you start speaking riskarb?:) Best ~Ben
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    Optionuniversity.com (Avoid at all costs)

    Eliot, Take a second look at the list of participants at that site (http://www.tradelikegurus.com./events.htm) as well as their mission statement, and you might realize that the inference you made is possibly very (really very) weak. ~B
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    Calendar Spreads

    This also means that you can’t exercise your long (back month) leg to offset the short (front month) leg if it happened to be ITM at its expiration. To a great extent you are naked without the back month’s hedge. You will have to cough up the cash for the short leg (if ITM) and in the...
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    Calendar Spreads

    Rich (and Rally too), A calendar spread on a cash settled European product (such as VIX options, www.cboe.com/micro/vix/VIXoptionsQRG.pdf) is a very different animal. The risk exposure to a possible whipsaw action is real and could be hurtful, though you might get lucky once or twice...
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    Analyzing the underlying vs just options

    Mo, You forgot to mention that "you get it all, the seminar, the training and the specially developed software for ONLY $3,995..." ~B :)
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    Advisory Services?

    Well, it is one thing paying $20 per month for an ala-carte RedOption advisory versus thousands elsewhere. I subscribed on and off to a number of the RO advisories, primarily for educational purposes and also to take a peek into one (very experienced) trader’s mind and moves—namely Scott...
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    Best Option Analyzer/Software

    Gangof4 (the skeptic one..) I have been with Fidelity (AT) too--the ThinkOrSwim experience is entirely different one (as between a Yugo and an Acura TL). Why don’t you be your own judge. You can download the ToS platfrom for a test drive and then see for yourself what you can do with one or...
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    Risk: Why?--Please see the attached figure Ben,
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    IV/HV options ranking

    Try http://www.optionstrategist.com/free/analysis/data/index.html or even, http://www.volatilitytrading.net/options/optionsinfo.htm ~B::cool:
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    Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

    IV: Care to explain more "high variable prediction"? Many thanks, Ben
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    Calendar Spreads

    Regarding SHLD: Take a look at the most recent posting of the 'Techo-guy' at http://gotfrank.com/stockpicks/. He gives a good narration of the fight.... Ben
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    Calendar Spreads

    From DonnaV>> ". hey Ben..nice to see you've joined ET...I'm going to do the Chicago "thing" adv seminar for TOS in June and know you did it last year...hope you've been doing well your imput was very valuable to me" Thanks. I am around much of the time, on ET and the Yahoo boards, I...
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    Calendar Spreads

    From DonnaV>> "... but I'm thinking of expanding my calendars to double diag if and when I get comfortable with them." You might want to consider subscribing to the Double-Double Advisory of RedOption (of ThinkOrSwim). It is very inexpensive ($20 per month) and you can turn it off or on...
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    iceman's options trading journal

    >I am sitting here listening to baby boomer bro Steve Tyler singing "Dream ON" great tune -- ICE--You should try Van Morrison--it works better. (PS--Thanks for sharing) BB
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