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You know, I read the guy from OptionVue, the prez there, and it's all about "oh yeah, why not do this or do that?" "Just buy the DITM, and it's great!" "Just do a synthetic and it's great!" The only thing I really know is...

I agree with calibertrader. Complain, and do it pronto. Years ago I was trading spoos off the floor and had a stop in. I was watcing time and sales print and my order should have never gone off. It did, and I called immediately. It took them an hour to sort thru things and then the order filler...

Metoox I have the option chain up. I see what you mean somewhat about the spread too wide on some vs others. Also, the DITM's for example have very little time premium...even farther out. But when I close the position I will have to give up some spread. Of course I am looking for the...

Also, call Stockwatch at the NYSE. They will look into it. And your online broker will check the trade for you also. Plus I don't think stock ahead supercedes a higher bid.

I'm not sure about the problem. If you were short and the bid was dropping, that is a good thing for you. When you put in your order, I am presuming it was a limit order to buy at yur bid. The limit order is a buy at the price or better. In your case it would appear that he was giving you an "or...

"Sort of" :D :D :D That is hilarious! Clearly you are a mind to be respected. Thanks for the previous reply too. I do have the real-time capability to view the entire chain as you say. I will spend some time studying what you suggested. ..... I'm still laughing.

metoox has 1332 posts and probably no more than 2000 words combined on these posts. :D Fortunately for Baron and the rest of you there are guys like him to balance my verbosity. As to the variables I am trying to avoid, which become factored in to the price of the options, the moves I am...

Not that I think GM is a short right now... but if it were!!! :)

Wow guys thanks. I have always known the heady traders were in the options game. And I'm not talking speculation on ATM calls. And I was wrong about the delta neutral, but actually I thought the purpose of the synthetic short was to create a delta of 1, or -1 in the case of the short, so the...

Thanks options guys...you have really helped. As I understand it, the synthetic short's neutralization of theta is the result of the neutralization of delta. Anyone? How about the moderator....?

Just posting to put this back up on the Home board. Okay after reading thru some internet info, it would seem that the benefit of the synthetic short is the delta neutral position it puts you in vs the DITM put alone. And the offset of the put premium with the call premium. Is this correct?

Also, when establishng a synthetic short, where should the strike price be?

I'm in. :(

Options guys, I need your help. I trade longer term and still short stocks. My trades usually last between two weeks and three months. I am interested in buying puts as an alternative to shorting stocks. I trade mostly NYSE stocks and many of them pay dividends, plus the interest charge...

For crystal clear charts and very user friendly I rec QCharts. They get a bad wrap here, but I think most of that is old before the server farm rebuilds. :)

larry... I have been told by two very respectable members here, nitro and Vikahna (sp) that IB Smart is very fast for NYSE stocks thx to their relationship with Timber(hill). As it turns out I think both these guys trade NYSE almost exclusively. I'm not sure though. I do. Maybe search them...

I am one who tends to post a lot on some days...actually mostly in the evening...very late. My mind still wants to think, and I enjoy the thoughts of some of the guys here. But I gotta ask... you counted someone's posts? C'mon buddy, all that beautiful water down there, the great fishing, the...

That's not a coil Miki, but it looks like one. That's an IUD. Wow do they still make those?

Prior to the proliferaton of internet-based charting programs and the mass dissemination of intraday data, I would have said absolutely no to your question. Now my answer is yes and no. It must be remembered first and foremost that the current price is a result of everything that is...

You better be sure there is no trash burning ordinance. Rather than burn your books, send them to me. I'll even pay the postage. Although, none of those ones entitled "Electronic" anything. They are all a rip. Fortuantely my public library has all of them so I read them for free. What a...