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thanks. I will

good insight- thnx, will take all that you can throw my way! Do simply look at VIX or prefer ATM staddle and maybe blend a couple just OTM call/puts to get IV ....... and historical is a given I think .... you can chart that I recall

thank you you are right i SHOULD BE CLEAR Is there is no specific level of OTM ITM that makes sense over and over its market Vol. or direction specific ?

so you suggest selling premium as discussed above with a 90 percent or so probability finishing OTM but buy a teenie in case event ? not sure I follow you because this is about selling premium right ? thnx

Thanks, Anyone broker that supplies the "tools" that will help one beeter ? TOS I think seems ok This strategy can be done small and scale up no problem as far as I can see, so even if I do it with couple contracts on QQQ for example ... I can determine how much money I need based on as...

Thank you do you look at indicies, like QQQ or SPY ? RUT ?

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who the heck said you put all assets ful force into this or anything..... sorry your just not getting it

Where to begin to find a reasonable premia selling Strategy?thnx

Read that book long ago, so you are saying that nobody does this for any length of time? If one has success for a couple years and pulls out original account value plus some then playing with house money?

Hello looking for like traders that sell option premium and are aware of the risks etc Looking to start account doing this knowing all that I can going in

and..... yea so ? do you still use hotmail ? c'mon now .. its ok

I will PM him see no napoleon issues here !

but why wouldnt you PM him to have a side conversation ? just think of the original poster guy that asked the question ( if he is real and not www.elitetrader.com trying to be relevant starting threads because volume is down down down), he is lost in a maze of nothingness ?

well put ( pun intended) but seriously that's what I was trying to say all along but coudn't The original poster could buy IV too high but over the long run the returns will be better using options if he has a method that is decent like better than 33 percent correct... assuming stop...

so in conclusion the poster that asked the original question ? Does this help him I am wondering ? wait for it.... wait.... here comes Hershey with some off the wall F up stuff..

+1 Also, what about the original posters question. These threads gooff into never never land over and over ?? If he has a method that is only right maybe 33 percent of the time, just think if he just buys the underlying ( delta of 1), how much that hurts, and if there are 3 in a row which...

Thank you for the math, nice work. Although she uses front two month to sell the premia ? HNW, 300k even for 30 percent returns after couple years compounding becomes interesting... get enough out before the 1 in 10 event, its a nice hobby

Why are they idiots, say 300k investment for someone worth 30mm + , its a great way to try to make 200% returns ? So if I lose 300k against the millions I have cap gains from the other funds im in ....