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Options ask price
Hi everyone, I'm trying to understand something that's confusing me about HAL (Halliburton) options. I want to buy puts on the stock (cause I need to close a position already opened), but I'm seeing something that doesn't make sense to me. At the $35 strike price, there is no bid …
Ratio Backspread Puts as an Insurance?
Basically instead of the 2:1 Ratio Backspread strategy, I'm doing 1:1 Ratio Backspread, one OTM Puts and one Deeper OTM Puts, same expiry, both on SPY. Do I need to add another deep OTM Puts? As I'm trying to keep my bleeding to 3% maximum per year and buying another …
PLAY – different strokes for different folks
Looking at the PLAY/USDT order flow and recent trades, it’s pretty clear that the same chart means different things to different traders. Short-term players are watching the small bid-ask dips and quick fills — they see volatility they can scalp. Meanwhile, more conservative traders are looking at the depth and …
LEAPS cost of leverage
[I have been implementing a LEAPS strategy with ACWI for the past year using these calculations in a spreadsheet](https://imgur.com/a/jh0r1l7). The research I've done on similar strategies say that I need to account for the implied interest and forgone dividends when buying options on the index, and that the total cost …
Selling options with 0DTE vs 15DTE
I asked ChatGPT on the pros/cons trading options with 0DTE vs 15DTE, but I am curious why you do one or another. Or if you combine what's you logic behind it.
advice on deep itm call
I have a UNH call expiring in 01/27 with strike of $320 that i bought for $23.00. Is it best to keep it with so much time left, roll the call up to take some profit or just exercise the call and sell covered calls to make up the loss …
Advice on VOO covered call strategy
I chose VOO because of the lower expense ratio over SPY. However, I'm finding it very hard to find a good price to sell covered calls on VOO because of the liquidity. What options do we have here? I have a lot of unrealized gains so moving my position over …
Sector Extremes and Cross-Asset Cracks
Energy is running hot. XOM posted 100% IV-Rank (literally the highest reading possible), 69% call flow, and GEX flip at $125—that’s a $23 gap from spot at $148.19. Translation: dealers are short gamma and deep in the money. CVX echoes the pattern: 100% IV-Rank, in-the-money GEX flip at $185, right …
The TSLA and MSFT GEX
TSLA deserves granular attention. GEX flip at $377.50 is only 0.3% from spot ($378.67). Call flow at 77% weekly, exploding to 95% in 0DTE. The IV Term Structure shows 0DTE at 36.9% vol versus weekly at 47.7%—front contracts cheaper than calendars, another backwardation signal. With MaxPain at $380 and such …
Help Remembering Options Website
Hi all, About 10 years ago I was getting my MS in finance and got really into options and derivatives. There was a website we used to use to look at profit/loss charts of the various different options trades. It was all encompassing and I remember there being about 15 …