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Thanks. But what I meant was, are there any good sites offering this service? i.e. charting/technical site offering real-time price updates on several markets.

Anyone know any good, cheap sites for Market Profile on UK and US (futures) markets ?

Who cares about IV, when a 25 delta calls turns into an over 50 delta? You'll be laughing all the way to the bank with your leverage. Additonally, who cares about vol if you're trading a front-mth option, with little vega and loads of gamma? Go ahead and buy calls!!!

twalker has the it pretty well summed up about the risk involved in buying calls and selling puts. Options are great to speculate on direction. There is massive leverage on out-of-the money options. An out-of-the call that expires in-the-money will yield returns much higher than a simple long...

Calender spread in general are less risky than short covered calls. You'll have to keep an eye on volatility as back month options contain more vega, and less gamma. If you're trading stocks, then keep an eye out of company reports that conincide with your expiry date, especially if you're...

I've only just joined this site and have noticed there is a lot of confusion between covered call and a short put position. Start with a book by Sheldon Natenberg...called Option Volatility Pricing. Ever single Option Market Maker in the world has read that book. The majority of Options...

Totally agree with you there, guess that's why the vol curve on single stocks is usually more curved on the upside than in Indices.

Don't jump into selling options, until you at least understand synthetics and call-put parity.

If you don't know anything about synthetics, or even call-put parity you really shouldn't touch options.