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Strange. Do they have 2 sets of options chains? If not how do we traders choose between American and European style?

Interactive brokers should also be available in Europe. They are international brokers with office in Asia even.

Assuming the underlying remains the same price and your option is still ATM a week later, then the options increase volatility would help to premium to remains the same even with a bit of time-decay effect. However if the underlying moves above the strike price and your long option is ITM, then...

Buying deep ITM options is akin to buying the underlying stocks/equity and the advantage is you spend less than you would buying the underlying. e.g. for GLD currently at $158, if I buy 100 shares of it, that would cost me $15,800.00 (less commission). But if I were to buy deep ITM options like...

A good entry for writing options is when VIX is high and that's is when you will get good premiums from the options due to it's high Implied Volatility (IV). With good premiums, you can afford to write far OTM options to futher minimise your risk. Look around for a good broker that provides...

Assuming you buy the put and the premium you paid for it is less than the difference between the market price and put stoke price, you make money if you exercise the option. Or you can also close the put option to collect the profit.

Managing risk for credit spreads options must be managed before even entering the trade. Know what is the reward vs risk profile first and the probability for the trade getting into ATM or worst ITM. Adjustment is also another important method of managing risk during the life of the trade that...

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