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You are a fellow vegetarian at heart Theres hope for you.....:)

You are beyond help :)

Let me see if I get this right...you will take a Box of Omaha steaks,or a donation to a no kill shelter????? That's one helluva straddle you are long..Pick a direction bro :)

The obvious answer is to buy when Vol is low..If not collar... More to the point,without going greek,how much are you willing to pay for protection?? 2/5/7/10 % of spot?? (annualize if you wish) Most importantly,define hedge.. Quiz of the day..What is long stock + long put equivalent to?

You are looking at this trade as if it were "free lunch"... For the relatively small downside protection/you are giving up a shitload of upside... Rolling up and out doesnt change that.. You will most likely underperform the underlying You do realise you are a put seller...

Forget about damage repair.Each and every trade should stand on its own.. What you are really asking is if the diaganols are cheap or expensive

For the non programmers (moi),I found Quantshare more suitable than Amibroker..

Im really not calculating the return wrong....Im ignoring return on margin as in Reg T vs Portfolio Margin...Its not meaningful ay the end of the day...Here is why..If I hand you 5 million bucks to manage,do you think you are going to get "paid" if you have a staggeringly high return on...

You are short a garbage call on a 350 dollar high vol stock.. Who gives a fook on the margin.. You don't get paid on return on margin,and you are smart enough to not lever up.. It's flat out dumb,and thats why your max size is a 1 lot

Its a bad trade,as in picking up pennies in front of a steamroller.. Whats your return on the MSTR call assuming it goes out worthless??? If its a 1 month trade,you are looking at 3 percent.. How many would you sell?? Agreed,the key is SMALL as its a hobby not a business..... Selling wings...

Selling naked calls in stocks is a suckers bet... Not wild about it for indices either..Run some backtests and see for yourself.. With that said I do upside ratios on the indices and large cap stocks and pray to the Sticky Delta Gods every morning

I think you need to understand how to trade the underlying before diving into options.. Oneils book is a great outline for a Momo approach.. If you want some inspiration,take a look at https://qullamaggie.com/ Supposedly, 5k into 80 mil....

Grasshopper, A buy write has the same payoff profile as a short put.If you sold a put and the stock rocketed,why couldn't you close out,collect most or alamost all of the premium sold before expiration?? Check your math on max profit

Why would you be forced to hold shares to expiration??? Rounding the numbers for simplicity,Buy stock at 1 and sell the 1/24 2.50 call at .50.. On any given day you can close out the stock,option or both,regardless of what the stock does.. If the stock goes to 4,you make 3 bucks on the...

If you bought thousands of stocks and returned 30 percent per,you would be bragging too:)

I think he is simply saying to buy write the Jan 2.5.... Yes,you are capping the upside,but your breakeven is apx 50% lower... I wouldnt do it,but Its not a bad trade .... You seem to be confused with the concept of buying stock and selling a 2 year call against it.. What makes you think if...

If i read you correctly,you are reccomending selling the MNMD 1/24 2.50 put and getting a bit larger ?? I wouldnt cap the upside on that PIG,but if i did,I think the 2.5 are the wrong strike to sell..Stock has nade several 100% to 500% moves..Why cap it "so tight" Ild sell the 7.5 strike at...

Almost every great Momo trader places Oneils book at the top of their reading list... It obviously doesnt work for everyone,but the majority of Zadehs Stock Trading winners are some form of Oneil,perhaps modified to their temperment..Look at Minervini,Ryan,and Kullamagi... You are right, "A"...

Not sure I am following... Are you referring to hedging gamma intraday vs riding a stock (option) up 3 percent per day??

Yes,Of course..Are you familar with the basic greeks?