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I am referring to to selling naked calls/puts when IV is much Greater than HV. In other words when there is (historically speaking) extra premium built into options from volatility it is normally a better time to COLLECT premium. This means SELLING options not buying. Since I don't normally like...

Yes that is completely acceptable and may even be more likely in the case of buying a call or put when volatility is low. On the high side, as previously mentioned, I really don't like selling naked calls or puts though...although I do occasionally do it. It really is just personal preference.

All spreads are not verticals. For instance when volatility is low consider a Bull Call Diagonal, a Bear Put Diagonal, or a double diagonal. These plays can take advantage of the rising volatility difference between the front and back months. I also really try to avoid unlimited risk plays as...

They wanted to see the long form chart.

As I said when bearice posted the same article: Obama is not the undertaker. He is a George Soros sock puppet. Everything he does is orchestrated by George Soros and executed only after George Soros is properly positioned to make the maximum amount of money from it.

Because that is all this sick twisted idiot can post about. I am wondering why he/she/it is even on ET.

Nope.

I still say that TA works but primarily because enough people think it does to cause it to become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Definitely direction is first, time frame is second and volatility is third but can't be ignored either. While you are correct that volatility is not really predictable, you can still play the probabilities here by comparing IV to historical volatility(HV). If it is significantly higher than...

I thought I heard him say that too but several stations were still saying a week ago even after the speech so I started second guessing what I thought I heard. Waiting for DNA proof seemed credible. While at the same time I was wondering how the hell they kept the lid on something that big for a...

Right but he could have also waited until tomorrow. Why at nearly midnight on Sunday?

If OBL has been dead for a week. Why announce this late Sunday night? Could this have not been done sooner, waited until tomorrow, even waited until a week from now? This is now going to be the dominate story for the next few days at least. So the real question is: what other stories is this one...

They could try to use ships...of course we would just sink those as well. I agree it doesn't matter if China had 1 billion troops they sure as hell can't march them here. I would be more scared if I lived in India or Russia, or even possibly in the EU, but not here. A modern war with China...

I agree with Daveyc here. If you are OK with having a limited upside potential and unlimited downside potential you can get the same P/L potential selling naked puts at the strike you would otherwise be selling the calls. You wouldn't even need to have the stock in this case. I don't really...

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Obama is not the undertaker. He is just a George Soros sock puppet.

I agree. If Apple would have gone belly up back then MS would have been busted up like Ma Bell. I doubt Windows would have gone open source though.

The great thing about suicide is that it allows you to choose when and how you die. If you spend your whole life fearing when and how you will die then this might be the option you are looking for to relieve that fear and anxiety. :D

Don't look now, but the sky is falling.

The answer to the question as it relates to the chart is time decay. Part of the premium that you paid when you bought the put was "Time". This portion of the premium will be gone at expiration and your option will need to be ITM by an amount GREATER than you paid for the time in order to be...