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Implied Vol dropped , lowering the price of the put.

I personally do not think it is dry. Just take is slower. Then again,I like math.

You might want to try this book The Option Trader Handbook Strategies and Trade Adjustments by GEORGE M. JABBOUR & PHILIP H. BUDWICK Not very "mathy", but has a lot of example situations

You want the index to move toward your short strike as it gets closer to expiration. Call or Put.

yes, runs on a laptop

Yeah, just pointing it out as the thread title is "The problem with calendar spreads", not the problem with Diagonals

You have 47 / 48 strikes, it is a diagonal, not a calendar.

Time spreads and verticals

Have fun. Let us know how it works out for you.

Options and equities are two different animals. equities do not have IV

IB ( Timber Hill ) can act like a prime broker in a lot of respects. I believe they also let you trade away.

transparent.com/ also has a word of the day mailing list that is good for keeping up. Well, as a reminder to study everyday anyway.

There are a lot of language podcasts on iTunes you might want to take a look in the iTunes store. I also keep up with the languages I speak by going to the Yahoo! news in those languages and reading the news. Current events are a lot more interesting than reading from a book.

Not German, just stuck in the 70's

this proves nothing. What are you smoking ?

True. A real trading record is a lot more believable than a paper trading record for investors. Backtesting a system and trading it day to day are two totally different things.

I second that. Nothing to see here, please move along.

True. The position would be long theta. But that would just be a double diagonal, not a condor.

Are you saying two diagonal trades ?

Time does not stop on the weekend. It is three days, but the IV starts dropping on Friday to compensate for that.