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Tks for that last note, although identical is still stumping me in this world of easy high correlation data and trades.

Maybe I just have nothing to add.

Bona fide writer here, been on staff here and there and freelancing throughout my life. Been taking home office and other deductions year after year. No issues. Profit goes into a solo 401k. Yada yada. But this year I will have no revenue — let’s just say I’m working on a long term project. Now...

Whereabouts or contributions?

Yes, that would be a probable effect.

Just wondering anecdotally …

Yeas ago, there were folks like Vic Neiderhoffer, who blew up twice, Max Ansbacher, who never got super large, and, more recently, the infamous James Cordier. Who’s doing naked or spread OTM calls, puts or ICs, in size nowadays?

The latter, in this case.

Let's say I am writing a credit spread on ES in an IRA that allows futures. I write the short end and take a credit in my tax-deferred account and but the smaller long end in a taxable account. I eat up some SPAN in my IRA, as my only added downside to this, from what I can tell. If it is not...

Thus my odds are 4:5, right? For some reason when I try Kelly calculators online, these dont compute.

Five strikes between the calls. My risk is 500. Now what about those odds?

Sold a 25 call bought a 30 call sorry for the slang.

God, that sounds vague.

Ok, I’m selling a credit spread with five points between the calls. The premium I get is 1. Thus I am risking five to get a max of six in return if I win. So, my odds are 5 to 6, right?

Any cite?

Just wondering.

They both get Sec 1256 treatment, too, right?

Indulge me here. Let’s say I am long 1000 PM in my Roth IRA and then short 1000 in a different account, fully taxable, with a different broker. Hold both. My Roth dividends are not going to be taxed. But I can still deduct the dividends I pay in my short account, giving me a net gain, a slight...

Didn’t know VIX options were tradable overnight.

Quick reasons why?