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I apologize in advance for my stupid question, but I recall in Natenberg's book stating that vega was supposed to be the sensitivity to the underlying . I'm confused, is it the underlying or the IV? Thanks

thanks to both of you for your feedback!

I was toying again with TOS analyze page, and since I'm into butterflies at the moment (paper trading them) I thought of using an opposing butterfly trade in the next month to hedge my risk against a violent move ex: XYZ @ 50 Long XYZ Nov put 45/50/55 butterfly Short XYZ Dec put...

Thanks... I'm executing this trade... I'll buy u all king dons w the premiums I collect

peace sells... but whose buying?

i'm still a newbie... but forcing monthly income on a stock for me would be a losing strategy. when i think i've found a good trade, i put my money in bull spreads can take time.... i had to wait ~2 months to make my trade successful. bear spreads I have to feel comfortable and...

Would any of you know of any powerpooint deck anywhere that I can use? I'm hosting a team meetng and I can chose a topic... I was thnking of teaching collars, but I'm not sure if it would help or hurt my coworkers. I can put together a deck, but I figure someone has to have one out there...

i read this on the bus... and I lol'd :D if there was an option strategy called the iron maiden, i'd be all over it.

i tried to explain to someone how they can cover themselves from disaster using collars. Maybe I didn't explain it well, but they said it was too complicated for them... which is what I suspect the majority of people think,

if ITM call, one lot if vertical, I try to get ~70-80 delta this is roughly 4-5 verticals.

thanks for sharing this

leverage?

thank you all! I'll add these to the book queue...

thanks for bumping this, i made a post in the education section b/c i wanted to learn how to forecast vol

hello, Would anyone be able to recommend any volatility forecasting books? Preferably for Options trading? Or if anyone knows of any other resource I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Erol

So far tos is still running as if it were independent of Td; we'll see if that changes though. I'm keepng my fingers crossed that they learn how to be an options broker from tos and not change it to suit their ignorance.

I was just wondering Do any of you trade these? Where do you get in? Directionally (so just OTM and play direction) Or do you buy Near or ATM and let them decay?

^ haha why would one need a Full Service Broker?

to me, the underline part seems like a problem... but I know nothing I think I can see where this is going though.

I understand, thanks Mark!