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Forum: Options July 18th, 2023, 10:18 PM
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Posted By josh
There's a lot to unpack there and I won't attempt...

There's a lot to unpack there and I won't attempt to do it all here. I'll just say this:


You mention that you may not be "good enough" for a combine. Well, if you require holding trades longer...
Forum: Options July 16th, 2023, 04:34 PM
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Posted By josh
Unsolicited advice: join a trading combine (top...

Unsolicited advice: join a trading combine (top step or similar) and engage in some meaningful strategy testing, while keeping your "losses" ($50 if you sign up with TST by end of day today I think)...
Forum: Options April 6th, 2023, 08:40 AM
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Posted By josh
Can you elaborate?

Can you elaborate?
Forum: Options May 25th, 2022, 11:07 PM
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Posted By josh
Many (most?) brokers simply do not apply SPAN...

Many (most?) brokers simply do not apply SPAN margin. It's a shame, and anyone doing more than very casual premium selling should find a broker that calculates margin using SPAN.
Forum: Options August 16th, 2021, 12:27 PM
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Posted By josh
Thanks SMCJB and myrrdin ! There's so much more...

Thanks SMCJB and myrrdin ! There's so much more to trading commodities that I've rarely dipped my toes in the water ... limit up/down is a real thing and scares the heck out of me, unlike in equity...
Forum: Options August 16th, 2021, 11:20 AM
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Posted By josh
Weather markets are wheat, corn, soybeans?...

Weather markets are wheat, corn, soybeans? Anything else there? Cotton?
Forum: Options August 12th, 2021, 03:32 PM
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Posted By josh
I would second DeCarley. I do not have an account...

I would second DeCarley. I do not have an account but have asked her several questions previously about her business, and if I were a premium seller I'd absolutely take my money there. Don't even...
Forum: Options December 18th, 2013, 04:53 PM
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Posted By josh
Thanks for the post PeterOhlson . Forgive my...

Thanks for the post PeterOhlson . Forgive my ignorance, but basically you are long a straddle, and short an OTM call and short an OTM put, right? So, this is a debit spread--but isn't it...
Forum: Options December 12th, 2013, 03:22 PM
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Posted By josh
Maybe better to ride that learning curve with...

Maybe better to ride that learning curve with equity options...? Even then, it takes a somewhat large account to really sleep well if you are a premium seller on anything but small equities.
Forum: Options November 12th, 2013, 08:03 PM
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Posted By josh
From what I understand, treating delta as roughly...

From what I understand, treating delta as roughly equivalent to the probability of expiring ITM assumes that prices are distributed lognormally. And whether that is the case or not can be debated. ...
Forum: Options October 10th, 2013, 01:23 PM
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Posted By josh
Thanks john and ron. Sorry about the mistype, I...

Thanks john and ron. Sorry about the mistype, I meant $80! Ron, I did not take into consideration the increase in margin requirement that would occur if crude were to drop as in this example. In...
Forum: Options October 10th, 2013, 12:30 PM
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Posted By josh
I'm trying to understand some lingo and using...

I'm trying to understand some lingo and using your example here to learn some things. If the Jan 76 put shows a Return on Capital (using thinkorswim here) of 100%, shouldn't that mean that in 67...
Forum: Options October 9th, 2013, 10:38 PM
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Posted By josh
That's my question with these far OTM...

That's my question with these far OTM options--how many CLZ373P have even traded in the last couple of weeks?
Forum: Options October 2nd, 2013, 08:11 AM
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Posted By josh
Unfortunately this only lets you compare the...

Unfortunately this only lets you compare the shape of the curves, and removes the magnitude component. So you can see if present prices are moving up with past prices, but you can't see if the...
Forum: Options September 26th, 2013, 11:24 PM
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Posted By josh
Thanks for the reply BlueRoo. Let me try to get...

Thanks for the reply BlueRoo. Let me try to get some clarification if possible. So, USO ranged from 0.9 to 1.15? How are you determining the lower and upper bounds? I would think to normalize it,...
Forum: Options September 25th, 2013, 12:16 PM
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Posted By josh
Thanks for the chart @BlueRoo...

Thanks for the chart @BlueRoo (https://nexusfi.com/member.php?u=46053) . What does the scale (left side) represent? I'm curious as to why the S&P line is compressed (relative to the high and low of...
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