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While your premature ejection of your reply seemed a bit incongruous, it was timely for me since I've been meaning to post a request for suggestions of high probability/low profit strategies for lower risk money. But since I don't want to hijack the thread, I'll search for and bump the DBB thread.

I know there's some respectable study that supports pinning but if I recall correctly, it's an effect of nickels and dimes and for most, particularly retail, that's not going to be something worth chasing. It's been some time since I've done it but over a multi-month stretch I looked at the...

I doubt it because ignoring IV change, it would take an index drop of nearly 100 points for that nickel option to do anything (if you buy the highest strike that costs a nickel and look for the highest stike that sells for a dime). Without thinking, I'd guess it might be a margin...

There are almost 3,000 optionable stocks. Why is RIMM closing at 70 on 12/18 pinning rather than a data point of a normal distribution?

I swiped a post from the link and added a few more: There are several parties who deserve the BIG FINGER OF BLAME here. 1. First and foremost, the DemoCraps!! Their 1999 legislation demanding Affirmative Action Lending and that Fannie Mae guarantee the loans. 2. RepubliCraps for...

Free money? There are no free lunches If it sounds too good to be true, it is If your calculator gives you an answer like that, throw away the user :) In your example, the dividend will be priced into the put and it will trade for $12 before the ex-div.

It involves checking "Use/store settings on server" on the log in screen. Since I did this 2+ years ago and my recollection for the exact sequence is sketchy, my advice is to call tech support. They walked me through it in a few minutes.

While I don't know the precise details, a friend of mine trades a NAZ vs. SPX positional system (usually not intraday). He determines the alphas of a number of sectors and uses them to determine whether the buying (or selling) strength is going into the NAZ which is more tech laden or the...

Increasing your risk 10 to 15 times as much is a smal price to pay for doubling your profit! :)

There used to be a monkey around here who was an expert on reverse spreads. If he wanted the stock to rise, it went down :D Seriously, if interested in reverse spreads, use the search feature and you'll find some discussions. I doubt that there's an authority on them since it's a bit of an...

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I'd also add that if RIMM was moving around actively in the pre/post market, holding these appreciated calls would give you a chance to trade RIMM from the short side during after hours.

The call you sold could still be held by the original buyer or it could have been bot and sold 100 times over. It doesn't matter who holds it now or whether it is in, at or out of the money. Existence of shorter term contracts has no bearing on you and assignment. If someone exercises a...

When you have a big option gain from an after hours EA, you have two issues to deal with. The first is a reverse in the underlying prior to the opening of option trading the next morning. If your concern is locking in some of that gain, you hedge the position with stock. To do this in less...

Why do you think that this is a better way of hedging your positions than using the options of the actual underlying? What is the 45 in VIX 45 MAY10 CALL ? The number you're buying ?? Am I correct in that this option costs approximately $18 with the VIX at 22.50 ($6 of TP) ? If so...

More buying than selling :)

Assignment notice depends on when you broker completes and releases expiration Friday's statements. For IB, it's usually early Sunday afternoon.