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Boy, this seems like great strategy if you are the "hedge fund" mgr. Imagine, in a bull mkt. Earning 2/20 commission if your the mgr. You use leverage 5:1 or greater on somebody elses money. When you are right, you earn massive commissions/salaries and are the toast of Wall St and your...

I don't own front month options over the weekend personally. It just feels like I am loosing ground, and indeed they are. I will hold put and calls they are more than 45 days out through the weekend. And as Beating the SP500 said, you may get a surprise over the weekend. However, I do...

Calendar Spreads... like DMO said. sp

Walt, OK with Theta and Vega as drivers, your biggest risk this far out is Delta (underlying directional movement). So to pick your best strategy you may want to look @ Standard Deviation probabilities in the dates you are looking to make your rolls. TOS analysis tab makes this exercise...

Walt, with your strategy, which greek is your driver. Whenever I look at a new idea (for me), or chose an option strategy for a certain situation I think in terms of: Which greek is driving this strategy? So I am curious which is your driver. SP

Walt, are you still looking for a typical sideways trading issue with relatively low volatility? Any other parameters you are finding helpful. best regards, SP

For me, and my acct. Usually no. If the underlying is not doing what I intended or the catalyst has changed, I cover. I am not into lottery tickets. I like to have "mental capital" at the ready, and if I am keeping track of a .25 option that was once 1.00, it doesn't let me focus on...