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you should familiarize yourself with how the smile typically changes with different volatilities.. use historic pricing on options to see how it changes with the different volatility assumptions.. its different of course in every security in every situation.. for what are you trading?

Driving a pick up truck as we speak haha

Things make no sense cost wise for us small sized not hugely active options traders.. a lot of things that is

Well i have to accept ever potiential of every trade for better or worst.. selling credit spreads on your entire account is a sure fire blow up recipe.. I tried to research position size on credit spreads... and pretty much all I came to is the potential loss needs to be only 5 percent at...

this chart shows how well it works .. looks like you could have easy got a dollar out of that.. ones the back month aug the other is this week at the 670 strike <a target='_blank' title='ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting'...

thats like starting out a statement with.. "trust me" or "honestly" haha now why would he need to sound so convincing? hahah

and in that strategy i would be.. that was inferred As for comparing historic IV to current, that is "somewhat" useless and meaningless. Unless you go back in time, read the news and understand what was going on in the overall market back then, and with that particular stock, and with the...

i don't get you sometimes.. haha i can't tell if you are ok with getting the stock or not.. haha and i'm not disagreeing with what your saying.. for one my client as well prefers to have the puts expire worthless.. and for two professional market makers and traders manage spreads and...

IB does it perfectly.. which from your other thread means this one is dead.. sounds like you just need to go wondering around your IB trader workstation .. theres alot there your missing if you arent using that..

here... see just click on the wrench and add those columns.. you'll find them obviously under greeks.. of course it would show the deltas if the market was open.. <a target='_blank' title='ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting'...

you can in the options trader quote the spread.. and then ad the column for delta in the quote panel and it will show up.. i always watch my delta risk there. for credit spreads etc.

i read a bit about liquidity holes in "dynamic hedging" i found it extremely interesting.. if you can find a hole exploit it ;) haha google taleb liquidity and liquidity holes

"why is this easy" sounds like your about to blow up again.. haha

yes .. big direction or no direction.. volatility.. haha.. trading direction is like a different animal.. its funny after reading this thread.. this guys head must be spinning.. "talks of calling the cboe floor?" really haha

i liked the girl that played cat women.. blondes can be overrated.. that seems to be everyones first lesson in options.. THETA at expiration.. gamma risk increases right at expiration.. for example aapl could be right between two strikes at expiration with an hour or two to go.. and...

thats the thing right.. if your going to sell atm butterflys through earnings.. the one time you don't do its on the trade your profit would have been. it is all right there in that trade! Ive been long butterflying to no avail for very low costs through earnings announcements.. its set up...

spot on! haha i've only been trading options for a year and a half.. and i wanna live to see the days where i know what i'm doing! i'll only assume i know what im' doing when my trading history starts to show good profits and even though i'll be doubtful about where my risk might be that i...

just because the money isn't there on margin in a wide striked spread compared to a cash secured spread.. doesn't mean your not appropriately and efficiently using all your capital.. over the long run your gains will be better because your risk adjusted return is higher.. the one or two times...

I have a position size on my spreads that are much different from when i sell cash secured puts.. if i'm selling puts cash secured.. or even wide striked cash secured puts like your doing with netflix.. i keep the money ready to buy the stock.. my position size and related earnings are all...

theres a bid difference between limited your loss and buying a way otm option to cover tail risk (risk from nflx going under) and trading 5 wide stirke spreads for all the money.. IE 45/40 credit spread 10 spreads 5000 grand margin.. compared to 45/30 1 spread (with intent to go long)...