Recent content by Wwill

The option is not a stop. If you are long option you can keep it until expiration and hope the the underlying will go up (in your case) so the option enters in-the-money area. You will lose the premium only if the option is OTM on expiration. Also if you are long option you are the one and noone...

The hidden problem in this strategy is that you have to pay for the maximum time value of the option every time you buy a new one (as the ATM options contain the max TV)... maybe it would be better to use slightly OTM options and use strangles to climb up/down the both sides...

By manufacturing new types of options - one touch/no touch, knockout, barrier, customs etc. (which are not an options really if we recall the definition of the classic option) the industry is trying to lure people because these instruments offer more gambling than trading and the gambler drive...

Yes, a new r/r scenario but by doing this I try do keep delta-neutral overal position which happens to be harder to achieve in reality than in theory :rolleyes: and requires constant monitoring... and cannot be easily automated. And also options offer variable leverage in cotrast to futures...

and because options are very very deferent vehicles compared to futures... as they offer more flexibility due to their complexity and this is why they are more difficult to understand... and understanding does nor guarantee successful implementation in practice. The header of this thread is too...

May I suggest the book Amazon.com: fontanills - the options course - high profit and low stress trading methods. 2nd ed: Books wich is one of the best books on options recently issued... but regretfully I cannot find it in Kindle format.

It would be easier and clearer if you just sold 2 naked puts as it has the same risk profile and no transaction costs for the underlying...

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When watching the latest news on how European leader try co combat the current situation it is quite clear that they do not have a clue how to do it... fist stability fund did nothing, now it's the same - new fund made and nothing will change... and this is being made by the same people who are...

The only honorable way for the rich Greeks to help their motherland is to buy the distressed Greek govt. bonds as much as they can but nothing like this seems to be happening. The country obviously must pass their Golghota ...

For me one of the best indicators are prices of the OTM ~ 0.25 delta put and call options. In case of put more expensive than respective calls this could mean that the big guns are buying downside protection so the price is more likely to go down ans vice versa for calls being more expensive...

From this picture it becomes clear that EU consists of 28 countries :) so one has to be excluded... :idea:

I have traded using their platform trough their partners in my country. No major issues for more than 5 years... the platform IMO is very good once you get used to it. My impression is mainly derived from trading FX majors and FX options... tried futures occasionally with no problems at all...