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right , traded... I forgot about "zero sum game" concept

13k of 7.5 APR calls been bought yesterday before news , lol. Put them all in jail.

its this time of the year again... I lot of heavy hitters reporting next week , I have 17 ( lol ) long combo's positions so far. Closed SYNA with big profit on vols spike today. I will probably post a few RC candidates next week.

yes , you can

Donna , I would not go short (any position) FFIV into report overnight. this stock moved a lot in the past after earnings announcement. Mantenar , I trade many RC on FFIV , made money many times ; its all depends what Front / Back month ratio will be at 20th. Good luck all.

what DNA position you have now ?

nobody trading options anymore ? Take a look at NFLD (reporting today , AC). This is not report related trade. The JAN 07 vols = 120(!) , the front months vols are at 50esh. obviously there is an FDA event sometimes later around Jan , but in the mean times , one can establish and excellent...

yes , on the Current (then) month calcs , with (then) 10 days to the expiration. IRSG had 21 , 26 and 25% ABS report move in the last three qtr , which make a lot of sense to spike vols to the moon. But most of software will show lessor stats IV , because they display an average/mean number...

from scratch , options sw. screen shot

a bit of subject... I don't use "increase of IV by x%" , going stickily by BP gains. If stock with IV of 30 increases 20% vega gains=600bp , but if stock with IV of 50 increases the same 20% , than vega gain is 100bp. Big difference in PnL. I do miss those days when stocks with IV of 100 use to...

You should give a real example of potential trade (price , strike(s) , vols and time to exp) , then someone can answer. The vega gain on far OTM might become only a paper profit , because of the bid/ask spread. If a 15 cents call[put] doubles because of vega , what is the actual profit on the...

Any/neutral conditions ? I trade short calendar spread , but only event (back month) driven. And like Maestro stated , I still have to be right on direction ( of vols , in my case).

Maybe TraderTiv is just another Victor N. of the hour ? 700k in short primium while VIX at historical lows ?

only lazy traders would disagree with you ; I wrote my own software four years ago after frustration of dealing with "standard" option's software.

Looks like AMD already at the pick of pre report vols run ( and 52 weeks vols high). ready for short/future fly conv. Reports 4/12-13

Riskarb is writing a book "Is blind archery possible?" . The book will quote hundreds of ET's most knowledgeable members and their posts. Should be a best seller.

agree , I did not took the trade anyway , too busy with my own trades

Does anyone planning to trade long GOOG combo today ? Should be a wild day.

well , maybe not to give money , but... Strategy Runner user can "subscribe" to another's person picks(obviously , its cost money). Actually , one can automatically mimic trades. I wish ability like this would exist ; I would of subscribe to : Riskarb Maverick74 Sle Win win for every...

are u in any of those trades (long) ? DNA or NFLX ? What a home run on NFLX in the last 1.5 day. Good luck C_L