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In thinking of new strategies, I thought of a strategy in which you would buy 100 shares of a stock that is coming near its ex-div date. You would then collect the dividend and sell a covered call, your choice of strike price and whether it is ITM, ATM, or OTM . Therefore you would receive the...

I thank everyone for their responses. Is anyone currently an energy trader? Do you or someone you know that trades enjoy their job?

Would anyone have recommendations on how to get my foot in the door? The trading I have done has only been for a personal account although I did work for a stock picking website where I learned technical analysis and options for about a year. I am only 25 years old but I am extremely interested...

I am living in Houston and have experience trading stocks and options but want to crack into the energy trading industry. Most companies are located here in Houston and if any advice can be shed on this subject it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

With a 13 point jump in the underlying price, how much of a bump can be expected in the IV?

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Citigroup has earnings on Monday before the market, I think they will miss because of the Subprime mess. I think I will sell all at close.

Dam, this thing looks strong though and could be at 45 within a few days, may have another up day. Descisions, descions. And guess what I wil be doing with the profits?? Buying Aapl calls!

This was my target price area anyway looking at the chart short term. Hopefully it pushes up hard at the close and I will unload.

Bought some Gm October 42.50@.25 and 45@.10 calls and am up big over the past two days. I could see the stock push higher on more day. Any advice? Thinking about taking off half at the close of the day on each.

Forex - I was asking how to use the Greeks to your advantage. Not what they are. So take a little more time and understand what you are reading. TorontoTrader2 - I didn't buy anything. And what are you talking about "Yes it is too easy"? I never said anything was easy but was the...

Yes I am constantly reading as much as I can. But I can't find answers to some questions so I post here. I am trying to learn without plunking down thousands for classes. I didn't do that with stocks and I don't plan on doing it with options. I have done very well in stocks and like the...

What is TOS? I am constantly on the CBOE website and am trying to learn as much as possible. I wish I would have known more about options years ago. Any links, suggestions, books etc. is appreciated. I definately am not a beginner with options but think I have much more room to grow. I would...

spindr0, I guess I am using my stock buying strategy where I would use the chart to buy on the dips. But I realize there is much more involved with options and am trying to learn as much as possible. I just watched the options keep going up and up and thought they had to pull back like a...

Wanted to know if there were any trends or any advice from you experts on how options act around expiration. Specifically, how would November options act when the Octobers expire. Are there any sever price fluctuations? Any advice? Thanks.

I clicked on your link and don't see what you are talking about. The only thing I see is that the HV, according to last year, dipped lower thatn what it is right now. But if the stock were to go up, wouldn't the intrinsic value offset? And wouldn't there be greater volatility anyway? Who is...

I know you may think I am obsessed with Aapl but I think it is a slam dunk. But anyways, any thoughts on if they will go down? I keep waiting and they keep getting more expensive, even the DOTM. So with options expiration coming up, should that be one factor that will bring the price of...

Thanks spindr0. Do you think the calls will ever go down on Aapl? The stock goes down and the calls go up, it doesn't seem like these things are ever going to come down and I am missing the boat. How do you think they will act around options expiration date?

Ok I just answered my own question. Quoted from Investopedia "In general, implied volatility increases when the market is bearish and decreases when the market is bullish. This is due to the common belief that bearish markets are more risky than bullish markets." So then if you want to...

See that's what I originally thought spindr0, and appreciate another side to the story. It is more of a risk but more of a payout. May I ask, why did the IV go up? And what causes the IV to go up or down? I will do some research on my own but any help would be great. The volume on Aapl...