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Yeah it's looking good. Glad I added to it yesterday. I think we may have seen the lows for the day in index, but I've been wrong many times before.

Out of the 650 calendar at 15.95, too much delta. Still holding the 645 fly.

Looking to get into MA. Either a fly 15-wide for Oct19 neutral to around 465, or 10-wide for Oct12. Perhaps maybe a call condor instead (450/460/470/480).

I layered on some Oct/Nov 650 calendars (with the 645 fly) at 16.45, as I wanted a few more deltas. UL was around 643 then.

Good trade. Are you all in on AAPL for the journal now?

Just trade a fly in Oct as opposed to a short straddle. Nix the ratio spread.

I like that calendar. Oct fly is good also.

What's your objective/forecast? I'd rather be short vega into the Oct expiry.

I should've held on to it as it's up a buck today on the mid.

Just do them in Excel. For a given underlying; get the OHLC prices for the durations you desire, calc the vol, and then populate a chart with the percentiles and date ranges that you need. If you don't want to do the work, I'm sure there are sheets/templates out there on the net. If you...

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Ugh didn't work. Out at 1435.75 (around the close). Flat now, only carrying some deltas in the AAPL position.

Most brokers have this.

"Volatility Trading" is a great resource. If you need a primer, check out Sinclair's "Option Trading," much better than Natenberg. I really enjoy the utility of his work; more directed to the practitioner than the academic.

Yeah filthy (Sinclair) is a sharp guy. I highly recommend his work

I use them. $250/month isn't that steep if you need accurate vol figures. Info. is well organized and easy to manipulate. It's also good for analyzing skew and earnings/div data. You can always build something yourself in excel, or use something like Hoadley, which is a cheaper, one-time fee.

Send them an email inquiring about commissions. They usually reply in a timely fashion. Comms are based on volume of contracts traded. I am pretty sure they just introduced Reg. T accounts for $35k minimum, clearing through IB. But they offer other setups.

I use livevol pro. In my opinion the best source for vol figues. It costs $250/month though.

Perhaps you're right, I might regret getting out. I was just carrying to much risk on that GOOG fly relative to the rest of the account. I did add to the Oct AAPL fly near the close.