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Leader of the free world at his coherent finest -especially with his tremendous brain curing Covid with bleach

I soooo want one of these!

Lay off the Koolaid that asshole Trump is raping your country

This incoherent manner of speaking allied with absolutely no facts or figures, and shifting blame are the preserve of the terminally stupid. The world hopes the US will wake up

Yikes! A lot of insults - buying puts to protect a portfolio is not cheap -VIX is still 35. Curious you mention portfolio insurance- that died in '87 - I was there!

They think buying naked calls is a good trade-historically it's been the worst, but they won't blow up -it's death by 1,000 cuts as call premium goes to the Moon

Instead of 5,000 salaries at Public Health England we could have been equipped for this

Lockdown works obviously as infection risk is reduced to almost nil. However there comes a time when we have to loosen restrictions-it's the peaks that can be a problem, and we've avoided those catastrophic peaks that have overwhelmed other nations -allegedly

Ever been to a Guthrie Govan masterclass?

ROC in the last 10 years varied a lot due to lack of commitment, but worst years 6% gain, best year 40%, no losing years. Currently underwater, though and who know where we'll be at next expiry? Backtestd my strategy/criteria for 2012-2016 -100% record. 2018 when vol was so low I didn't stick...

I look at likelihood of a winner- taking into account firstly the risk- so yes I will look at the Greeks but I cannot currently make sense of Vega in this Covid era. I like to get theat and vol on my side, and get close to delta neutral.

I cannot use live prices, I have to go with settlement otherwise I'd be in trouble with FSA - we have no funding for the blog but if you really want I can send you stuf privately. Howeve I stand by the record - not that I'm agood trader but that options give so much flexibility. I could post on...

For shares I use DEGIRO a Dutch platform that trades on most exchanges -message me

I'm not allowed to promote my blog but I do a real trade every week- not last week (like everyone else) but this week. It's free and purely educational - but I only trade the UK- and forget equity options for us Brits. I trade ratios calendars and a variety of strategies and keep it simple for...

Iron condors are just short spreads and you are paying bigger for the long strikes as they are further out and subject to the vol smile - premiums do not justify the risk for ICs

I meant to say iron condors

I have found that vega is highly unreliable but in the current market everything is a punt. If you think the Greeks will give you a handle on the prospects of Covid cases( the actual driver) then that is a concern. I've been trading (badly) for 20 years. I think the market is just dumb money...

Seriously? He's trading on pure luck then-and we know how that goes

Feb 12th a FTSE 6900 put was 15 to buy, it was about 2000 by March 20th -and I'm one of the idiots screeching about Covid! Of course I didn't buy any.

We cannot quantify COVID-19 it kills young and old, people do NOT recover after a mild 'flu. Better to overreact and people can blame you when they are still alive. 95% of people are stupid and do not know how to react wisely. We are people who have made enough cash to be able to trade, so...