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Forum: Psychology and Money Management March 4th, 2024, 08:36 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,353
Posted By Bookworm
To become profitable as a trader you need two...

To become profitable as a trader you need two things. Each of which is essential for success. First you need a method that has a positive expectancy. Then that method needs to be consistently applied...
Forum: Options September 17th, 2023, 11:23 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 543
Posted By Bookworm
The thing to understand about buying options is...

The thing to understand about buying options is that the price discounts a certain amount of movement in the underlying. The higher the Implied Volatility of the option the more time premium there is...
Forum: Options August 26th, 2023, 04:11 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 543
Posted By Bookworm
The longer the time to expiration the less the...

The longer the time to expiration the less the option will respond to moves in the underlying (Gamma). That is to say the Delta will increase slower than a shorter dated option as it goes in the...
Forum: Options April 15th, 2023, 04:02 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 535
Posted By Bookworm
Skew is simply the relationship between the...

Skew is simply the relationship between the implied volatilities of various options. Vertical skew refers to the options in the same expiration. Horizontal skew refers to different expirations of the...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index August 14th, 2022, 03:33 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,651
Posted By Bookworm
Being long one ES contract and one put option is...

Being long one ES contract and one put option is the same as being long a call of the same strike price. In fact that is considered being long a synthetic call. Depending on what strike price you...
Forum: Options April 15th, 2022, 11:54 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,830
Posted By Bookworm
https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/week...

https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/weekly-eom-options-faq.html
Forum: Options August 21st, 2021, 12:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,597
Posted By Bookworm
IV is a measure of how much movement the...

IV is a measure of how much movement the marketplace expects in the underlying between now and expiration. It is derived from the price of the option especially the extrinsic or time value component...
Forum: Options April 10th, 2021, 10:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,670
Posted By Bookworm
The CBOE has an educational section on their web...

The CBOE has an educational section on their web site that is a good place to start.
Forum: Options September 13th, 2020, 03:20 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,022
Posted By Bookworm
CBOE show XSP options doing an average daily...

CBOE show XSP options doing an average daily volume of well under 30,000. That is way below what I would consider a liquid marketplace. For reference, a slow month in SPX is an ADV of just under a...
Forum: Options September 13th, 2020, 12:42 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,022
Posted By Bookworm
I trade both SPX and ES options (which are half...

I trade both SPX and ES options (which are half the size of SPX) depending on the size of the position I want to put on. SPY options are 1/10th the size of SPX and don't get 1256 tax treatment but if...
Forum: Options September 13th, 2020, 10:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,022
Posted By Bookworm
Unless you are very familiar with the rules and...

Unless you are very familiar with the rules and risks of the different contracts and series then it would be wise to stay away from expirations. ITM Non quarterly ES options expire into futures...
Forum: Options September 12th, 2020, 11:42 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,022
Posted By Bookworm
ES futures and the SPX move almost tick for tick...

ES futures and the SPX move almost tick for tick which means any strategy should create very similar results. Both are 1256 contracts and get favorable tax treatment. The ES options are half the size...
Forum: Options August 30th, 2020, 02:45 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,557
Posted By Bookworm
The change in Delta with underlying price...

The change in Delta with underlying price movement (Gamma) is orders of magnitude more important than the change of Delta over time which, if the underlying doesn't move, works against the option. It...
Forum: Options August 29th, 2020, 09:17 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,557
Posted By Bookworm
If you want to understand leverage in options...

If you want to understand leverage in options then study Gamma.
Forum: Traders Hideout May 3rd, 2020, 03:05 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,502
Posted By Bookworm
Retail traders are too small a segment to have...

Retail traders are too small a segment to have driven that record. The big boy's hedging or speculating was responsible.
Forum: ThinkOrSwim May 3rd, 2020, 03:02 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,550
Posted By Bookworm
I find it to be especially good for options...

I find it to be especially good for options trading since its creator (Tom Sosnoff) specialized in options. Good for stock or futures swing trading but poor for day trading compared to Tradestation,...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index April 12th, 2020, 06:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,585
Posted By Bookworm
These days trading in futures is dominated by...

These days trading in futures is dominated by large funds who have no interest in taking delivery. The opposite side of their trades is taken by the commercials. You can see this by looking at the...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management November 12th, 2019, 08:25 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,065
Posted By Bookworm
Learning to Trade

I thought the following article has solid advice on how to learn and retain new material:...
Forum: Stocks and ETFs May 18th, 2019, 10:16 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,119
Posted By Bookworm
Yes selling cash secured puts CAN be a great way...

Yes selling cash secured puts CAN be a great way to acquire stock. The advantage is that the option premium lowers your effective price for the shares. The disadvantage is that the stock could stay...
Forum: Options March 9th, 2019, 11:11 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,834
Posted By Bookworm
Being continually long protective options will...

Being continually long protective options will almost certainly severely limit if not eliminate the profits from trading the underlying futures. Try doing a backtest.
Forum: Options November 24th, 2018, 09:59 AM
Replies: 7,370
Views: 1,998,136
Posted By Bookworm
Futures options started trading in 1982 and...

Futures options started trading in 1982 and within a few years the first blowout happened from someone selling gold options and also taking out their clearing house. Since then these episodes have...
Forum: Options September 15th, 2018, 10:36 AM
Replies: 4
VIX
Views: 2,124
Posted By Bookworm
You are not long VIX Jan 20 calls; you are long...

You are not long VIX Jan 20 calls; you are long VIX Futures calls. There is a difference. Be sure you understand it.
Forum: Options April 28th, 2018, 10:46 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,416
Posted By Bookworm
Crude oil, bonds, 10 year notes and gold all have...

Crude oil, bonds, 10 year notes and gold all have active options markets as well.
Forum: Options May 13th, 2017, 11:22 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,031
Posted By Bookworm
Keep in mind the Delta of a long dated option...

Keep in mind the Delta of a long dated option will react less to moves in the underlying market due to its low Gamma compared to an option much closer to expiration. This helps with an adverse move...
Forum: Options May 6th, 2017, 11:16 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,779
Posted By Bookworm
https://www.optionseducation.org/tools/position_si...

https://www.optionseducation.org/tools/position_simulator.html/
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