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    Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

    straddles and strangles ; those are non directional / vols trades.
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    from riskarb , screener's criteria set up ( IB users) : Filter = Price >=60 Parameter = "Highest option Imp Vol" Then look at column "Opt Imp Vol" (descending order) for 40+ candidates as described in the beginnig of this journal. Hope it's helps
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    Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

    yes , MAY , did u see it ?? Nice day for me today , many of my longs had a spike in vols even when VIX when down again.... BBY , NFLX , DNA , SEPR , INSP.
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    here is the only 50-50 liquid candidates : IIIN , vols 63 SNDK , 62 (reports 5/2) ICE , 53 RACK , 52 FFIV , 51 (4/20)
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    let me know if anyone want a list of current candidates a la R/A , I will run it then
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    Real Forex Trades

    what's happening here ? From 30 posts a day to zero in the last three ?
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    IV/HV options ranking

    [/B] c2 , are u sure about APR calls ? The 4/25 report date make it MAY expiration , why you want to buy APR options then ? Not so much pre-report IV run here ; currently at 30 will go to around 33-36 before report.
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    Different Calendars

    it's works very good for me , but again , I use it for one day only and betting on accuracy of prediction of variables (mostly IV) before and after event. I wonder if it will work for a longer duration of time , like to expiration of the first leg (30d). If someone has experience with this...
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    Different Calendars

    Lately , I took a new (for me) calendar positions : Long 30d , 1 contract Short 60d , 2 Long 90d , 1 All the same strike. Those trades was event driven with expectation of vols collapse and I made nice profit , but now I wonder if anyone here ever enter something similar for...
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    Calendar Spreads

    I see. I am entering much more calendar trades this year , but all of them are for a short term/event driven. Good luck , Donna
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    What am I doing?

    short stock + long 60 calls looks like delta neutral , so you basically short 123 naked calls . What happens if price goes to 70 ?
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    Calendar Spreads

    so how you did so far with calendars ? Will you continue to trade them ?
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    betonmarkets

    Bit , did you ever took any exotic bet (a la riskarb) so far ?
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    Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

    The vols on many stocks are so cheap/stupid cheap now , I opened many long positions for upcoming report season. NFLX at 40 ??? Unreal. Good luck , C_L
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    Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

    went long strangle on DNA yesterday ( both APR and MAY) , vols should go higher from here...
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    Advisory Services?

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    Advisory Services?

    They only double the money each month ? I wouldn't pay for it ; most of the ET members doing much better that double .
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    CME options melting fast !

    couple of sites posted "expected" report date as 4/26 . This fact make APR options neutral/event free , hence , a collapse in IV.
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    Option replication and exotics journal

    just keep posting under this name , its will be like New and Improve (as if its possible , lol) Riskarb. I did suggested cloning ones...
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    Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

    I'm with you on this one (that's a first) , EVERY week has different dynamics , espesially when it's comes to position of event date vs. expriration .
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