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Call Condor should have hit Max Profit, but option prices not reflecting it?
Hi All I initiated a Call Condor last week (when AMD was trading around $203) as shown in the screenshot below (+220 -230 -240 +270) and collected a credit of around 20c. I was banking on AMD to rally and it did, trading at around $232 as I am writing …
call spread confusion
I have a call spread WBD (bought $29C and sold $30C both expiring on 05/01/26). Anyone know why the market value of my sold $30 calls (which are further out of the money then my $29 calls) are selling for more??? Genuinely can’t wrap my head around this. Peace and …
Am I an Idiot? (Calendar Spread)
If I have a calendar spread (short near-term, long longer term, same strikes), do I have margin risk? My hunch would be no, but my friend says yes. I thought that if any disaster happens, I’m covered by the long position? He says that the front month volatility can cause …
Options Research
If you had the time and resources to research *anything* in the options market, what would it be?
Today's 16% oil drop is a reminder that IV spikes on geopolitical events are real
Oil was at $117 this morning. Two-week ceasefire announced. Oil now below $94. For options traders — today is a pretty clean example of the vol crush problem on geopolitical events. If you bought puts on oil or calls on gold or equities in anticipation of a resolution, and you …
SPY Call
Made a call for $667 by Wednesday (tomorrow) and it shot up to $673/share as of this evening after the ceasefire was announced. I’m in the money I’m pretty sure, I’m considering rolling my position but I’m going to wait until tomorrow morning to see what happens. Pretty sure it’ll …
Mod request not to post
sorry its been nice here. But im getting dinged by mod for posting my analysis everyday. good luck everyone. today was $$$$$ insane
390 rule
If I exceed the 390 trade rule on fidelity and get designated as a pro, will that carry over to E-trade or robinhood?
Do Greeks matter in 0DTE credit spreads and condors?
Hi, I am new to options and am still learning how they work. Currently my hypothesis is if I am selling (getting credit) using vertical spreads and iron condors on 0DTE options, I should primarily be concerned about **NOT** going in-the-money. And for that I should be selecting the legs …
OI follow up; ran 88k contracts. my gut was wrong. the data is more interesting
promised i'd come back with data. here it is. **88,017** contracts. **421** symbols. **2018 to 2025**. seven market regimes. every contract had a known outcome, expired worthless or got assigned. no simulations. first the liquidity piece held up exactly as expected. thin OI means wide spreads and wide spreads quietly …