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indahook, thanks for the reply, i have been having good results trading verticals on the SPY since last Aug. traded mainly long calls on event driven situations before that. my outlook is for a strong market through into April, then i will be more cautious.

trade idea for April BPS for SPY @$115.87 estimated support levels at 112, 109, 104 considering Apr 105/108P, cr .14/2.86 4.9% rom short strike 7% OTM Time: 4 wks

......review of the BPS Mar 100/103P, from Feb, 24 ......let spread expire at $0, Fri ,Mar, 19

....if you trade this in an IRA with enough to cover spread margin but not enough to cover purchase of assigned shares, the broker would have to sell out the assigned shares, right? i will check with my broker on monday. ....i am usually out by opx and/or stay away from getting itm. but a...

m&l, ...""my second analysis show excellent chance it would close above 118. ""...is this right?

...finding bottoms.... http://leavittbrothers.com/blog/?p=2819#more-2819 ....found an interesting bit of information on market bottoms vs tops on a blog at leavitt brothers.... ""Before the Open (Mar 18) I don’t guess tops. I’ll guess a bottom because those are much easier and...

drcha, ...i like your post also, makes me think outloud something that i will take a closer look at on paper, but let me ask you in case you have looked into it... probably at the time the op did his bear call spread on spy i did a bull put spread on spy, a mar 100/103, which should expire...

.....""no such thing as salvaging"" ...amen, i never understood all the happy talk about adjustments, if something moves against you, your original plan was wrong. ..... your trade plan going in needs to have an EXIT for that.

dan,these options for ief seem to have wide b/a spreads, low volume and low oi. do you have limits you look for? tnx

...only by the germans, as punching bags in war and for the beaches when on vacation....:D

charlie rose and then he fell

You are right, people just dont understand this. Yet it is out in plain sight. I dont know any of my friends who understand this.

trade plan for SPY BPS trade an index to avoid single stock suprises. trade SPY, better understanding of it than the futures options with euro-type expiry. look for a support level and place the BPS below it. use BB as the main T/A study. look for a dime, or a nickel credit on a...

You do know events are coming up this week and next?

I have been trading BPS on the SPY. One of my first spreads was outlined in the bang option thread. My latest spread is a Mar 100/103P. The details are in my journal. I use SPY because you dont have the individual single stock risk.

re the above, put on the following: SPY @ $110.71 BPS Mar 100/103P @ .18/2.82, 6%rom short strike 7% OTM t/a support, 106

....thoughtful comment....

trade idea Mon 22 SPY eod $111.16 BPS Mar 102/105P @ .25/2.75, 9%rom short strike 5% OTM t/a support, 106

re USO trade idea USO had a good week, Fri 19 eod $39.09. Move was too quick to get on board with the BPS MAR 30/33 P. Went from .39 on Fri 12, to .07 on Fri 19.

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:qu4i1toubagJ:research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/alexeib/computationalfinance/covered%2520call%2520vs.docx+covered+call+vs+short+put&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Covered call vs. naked put dilemma The real difference between the covered calls and the...