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Job numbers were TWICE as good as expected? Are they fake? "The 528,000 jobs added were more than double the expectations of many seasoned analysts including at Goldman Sachs, where economists had estimated nonfarm payrolls to rise by 225,000 in July." I ask because canada had job numbers too...

So I opened a short strangle. I submitted it as a COMBO - short Visa 200 put and short Visa 220 call. The way the brokerage (IB) parsed the trade was a "buy" in booktrader. ok. So I bought a short position. I guess I'm confused because with stocks it's simple - I short a stock by selling and...

thank you! https://www.zacks.com/stock/chart/stx/price-eps-surprise

Stats like the percentage moves on the day after previous earns release? thx options slam has something like that but it's' $20 a month...thx

summer rally for 10 working days. then short.

its garbage. its not the worst ever since the previous 2 years were not real. they were an illusion market based on free money. if you want reality compare the decline of the past several months to the feb 2020 pre-pandemic high of 338. This drive of the SPY into the 400s was bullshit since...

I'm not a bond expert by far. Can any connection be drawn between int rates going higher and TLT dropping. Is that how it works? I wonder since I'm trying to understand TLT dynamics and why it's moved up recently. Like from 108 to 112 yday/tday

why?? mkts closed for what???

if a pmcc is buying a leap call and selling short term calls....my head is having a hard time inverting the process with puts. I want to do it with stonks i may want to own but at a lower price...thats why writing puts appeals to me..but i want to do it bigger. like carny barker size.

I like the idea of collecting premium on writing puts I'd be ok with owning. So is there a put version of a poor mans covered call? With pmcc you buy leaps way way out and sell the near term calls. It's 6am pst so i maybe sounding incoherent but i hope you all get my questions... like COST 380...

Since I was long 1000 COST and my fear would be losing money. So yes, downside risk. I'm coming to this from a simple insurance i "hedge" my losses if the stock goes down. I guess I thought there was simple insurance hedge policy.

whats the difference between LNE and ON; and which is better to trade...they appear both on my screen

Thanks. Yes you are right. I have very rudimentary options knowledge. I was hoping there would a basic rule of thumb. I'll look at 10 deltas.

about hedging; if you bought 1000 COST at 460 - what amount of puts/strike should you buy to "hedge" correctly? I'm thinking today for op ex tomorrow and earns tonite...i know it's last minute..thanks

thank you!

Is the last second i can trade them at....3:15pm.?...note this is SPX..not SPY... thanks

" Install a new build and recreate a single chart. Check your performance. If it is OK, then continue. Chances are with the exact same charts but a reduced XML it will perform OK, not great, but OK" So uninstall everything and reinstall a stable version. Is that how you do a new build of...

thank you ! ps...are NDX traded that way too...those hrs i mean?

anyone know what the trading times for SPX options are...appears to be live right now 545am pst..seems like a better alternative to trading SPY options with it's limited hours

I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean. My charts are open and sized like in this image. How do i use tabs?