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Please excuse my ignorance. If I see a bid for EFP at say .20 and hit it -- I am simultaneously buying the stock and shorting the SSF, yes?

I completely agree with NITRO. Where do you get off thinking that the market gives away 5-10% per month --TO NEWBIES!!?? Be realistic.

Man, I feel your vexation, brother.

:D :D :D Funny stuff. My Y2K cans of corn have fermented. I'll be rich! - er, richer - yeah, that's right.

Bottom line : Two different trades, two different risks/rewards - choose your poison.

Long call, short put (same strike, expiry) is equivalent to a SSF of the same duration. Short call, long put is (same strike, expiry) equivalent to short SSF. A difference is pin risk and early assignment risk of the options. To answer your question - comparing equivalent positions -...

DT85 your calcs on cost basis look correct - sorry for the smartass reply This sums up in one sentence what took me several paragraphs to say in my PM. I also included : Quote from spindr0: ...Acceptable risk/reward is a personal thing. I've been trading ratio spreads/writes on...

That was your question. Answer: 1350. :D

DT85 PM'd a response to your initial question.

1350 :p

Rolling up or down refers to moving your position from one striike to another within the same expiry. Rolling out refers to moving your position from one expiry to a later one at the same strike. An option traders may roll, say, down and out in an effort to improve his position. Such...

Yes, mostly penny stocks - unshortable :eek: I started getting spams when I went public with my e-mail ID. Bulk takes care it but a few personals get sent there, too. I get this crap in the mail too. I don't know how it started but it got worse when I signed up for SFO magazine.

Coach, ES future is the underlying - it has a delta of 1.

XLF pays a dividend mid - Sept. It's priced into the options.

Haven't pulled the trigger today. What's going on? Quotes look fine.

Yes, a fine and humbling thread. Jesse Livermore is mentioned a couple of times. Considered one of the greatest traders of all time. Most here probably know his story. I think of it often as I think about trading. Made and lost several fortunes. Supposedly, he made 100million during...

Most of my neighbors are Chinese. They've already won in my town. When millions of OC Chinese start spreading across U.S. you'll know how it feels to be an outsider in your own hometown.

That's not a bad idea for what he wants. Bet the favorite to show - each bet may average the 90/10% and pay a 10-20% return or so. Problem is winning 5 or so consecutive bets has a lousy overall chance of success. Also his bet will decrease payout for every winner. Still, it could be...

Damn, I guess I'm too late. Oh well, there's always September 5.