Recent content by Timetraveller

You sure are a cowboy... Didn't you notice the elevated implied? The stock was a guaranteed mover. Short options are always to be worried and thus, accordingly, very thoughtfully entered into. Your first step and best step to avoid financial ruin would be to stop using your broker's awesome...

Riskless? If it were riskless everyone would be doing it and there would be no profit margin [ assuming it were riskless which it isn't...] Can you lose money on it? Yes if the stock price plummets you will which is risky. Or if the stock price sky rockets which will get you bad for your...

...wow....40 something views... no replies? come on... someone's gotta know... TT

Wassup people! How you guys doin? Hope to participate and contribute. Looking forwards to it. TT

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone knew if the following is possible in Interactive Brokers: I enter a bull credit spread order on AAPL and it gets filled and the individual legs appear on my portfolio tab. Then, (for hitherto unknown reasons), I get into an iron condor on the back month...

Think about it this way bud... When you're selling an ITM option, that extra $1 you make (or you think you're making) is unrealized. Meaning you havent MADE that profit yet. If you were to sell it, what profit will you make? Assuming zero slippage, it's $0. Remember, just because you can trade...

So for all you Canadians out there [and quite possibly Americans too], Nexa Technologies is the name of the company that has supplied the trading platform for the following brokers: 1. Tradefreedom 2. Scotia iTrade [formally etrade canada] 3. TD Active Trader [and perhaps more] For...