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When trading multiple calendar spreads on SPY, would holding a position on the VIX or VXX such as a put, reliably provide adequate protection against an unwanted drop in volatility of the calendar spread options?

I commented in another post about the reliability of options spread pricing in the TOS demo. I found a great example here. Trading an AUG short put butterfly on the XPS (188/187/186) with the number of contracts -10/+20/-10. The bid is quoted at -6.20, the ask at 6.60. Volume and Open Interest...

What are your recommendations for the best, most accurate options demo accounts? I've been using TOS because of it's excellent strategy analyzer. However I've encountered several instances while using it to analyze butterflies and condors, where the prices of some of the spreads result in...

Sorry for the rant. I am relatively new to this. I've spent a long time formulating strategies but not much time yet studying executions of orders. I've heard that SPX positions are easy to enter but difficult to get out of when you need to because of the wide spreads, putting you at the mercy...

Are there any European index options available for trading that have 'real' liquidity? I have experimented with some good strategies on SPX (for example), but such strategies would amount to garbage since obviously it would be next to impossible to exit the trades before expiration at a fair...

There are quite a few fantastic complex options strategies that could be used if brokers would allow traders to submit orders of greater than 4 legs at once. Unfortunately at this stage it seems to be impossible to capitalize on these opportunities because of this limit on trading opportunities...

Are there any brokers that will let you trade multiple complex options in one order? I know a single butterfly or condor is considered 'complex.' That's not what I mean. What I mean is, for example, trading 2 iron condors and 1 butterfly all at once in one order, to prevent having to leg into...

I haven't traded live yet. I've been experimenting with strategies for several months on paper trading demo platforms and found one strategy that seems to work for me. The strategy requires multiple options spreads. For example, 3 butterflies. To stand any chance of success, the strategy...