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Minute level historical SPX data with greeks
Looking for all strikes/expirations from 2022 onwards. Just need SPX but minute level with Greeks. Anyone know a reliable source that doesn't cost thousands of dollars?
Building Confidence as an Options Trader
You are told that you need to be confident to create success as a trader. While accurate, it misses the most important aspects of the concept. Why confidence matters? Our ability to repeatedly execute a strategy is essential to our long-term performance. For example, if you trade short vol through …
Own shares for a year, but selling covered calls
So let's say a situation where I own the shares for a year but every week I still covered calls and let's assume in the scenario that my shares never get called away and after a full year I'm still there with my full position I then go ahead and …
can you view the strike price of options bought by politicians on unusual whales, if so where?
I have seen things about the daily and total return of the options as well as things such as the days to expire, where are the strike prices?
TEM Calls $71
What does the group feel about TEM. Bought 3 calls at $71 last Monday. Expiration 2/28. Up 187% in 4 days. Still room to grow or take the money and run?
Does anyone pay for Barchart Premier?
I’m considering pay for the Barchart Premier version for more stats on different option plays. It’s not terribly expensive at $16-ish/month, they charge a full year upfront. I find the free info to be helpful, but was wondering if the the paid content was that much better. Any insights would …
Selling Naked Calls
Please explain it to me like I’m five. If you buy an option but don’t have the underlying cash to buy the stocks, wouldn’t selling the option be extremely dangerous? Why would anyone do that when the risk is basically infinite? I don’t understand how people say that with options …
Covered Calls
I've put in roughly 10k into RGTI a few months ago, and the price has dropped a bit since then, but I have been selling weekly calls and just buying more RGTI with each premium averaging down. After a few months, I still have around 10k in portfolio, but my …
Is this an automatic sell at open tomorrow ?
Bought +1 PANW 2/21/25 180P @ $2.08 wondering if i should sell at open or set a stop loss?
Synthetic stock vs long calls for long term
Which would be a better option if I wanted to go long on something using LEAPS? sell a put, buy a call both atm leaps Or long otm call leaps Assume same net delta. Goal is leverage.