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Option 911
http://www.option911.com/
Dedicated to trading options for income and speculation. Mark Sebastian, former CBOE marker maker, provides his insights and advice to help you become a better option trader.
- Added on: Nov 8th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Option 911 Video Tip of the Week – When to Change Trading from SPY to SPX
Page is loading…See http://www.option911.com/ for the video. When should you change from trading SPY to SPX? When your contract sizes if SPY go over 10. Sign up for email updates, sign up for the forums, and follow us on twitter! ...
Mailbag for the week of Nov 30 to Dec 4, 2009
Traders, today certainly started out with a bang and ended with a whimper. I was as surprised as you that we didn’t take off. I personally am taking this as a sign that the market is not in the mood for any large moods. I thought instead of an a...
Trading Options into the Holiday Season – Sell Premium Early and Often
Option Traders, going into next week I have a few things I will be trying to do. I will certainly be setting up for the holiday season coming up at the end of the year. I will accomplish this by selling premium early and often. My hope is that t...
Deltas Deltas Deltas Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya
Traders, I have been seeing a very strange trend the last few days. This may seem a little fundamental, but I have been shocked by the number of people that do not understand that there is a huge difference between 70 Deltas’s in an ETF and 70 del...
Thoughts on the Current Market Conditions
Just a quick note today before I enter into a trade we can follow. 1. I think premium sellers will be very happy if they were willing to unload a condor on Friday mid-day. It was a clear example where a low probability condor was going to outperfor...
IV Up Friday and Calendars Lose? IV Down Monday and Calendars Win?
One of the very interesting, and recently more common, occurrences happened between Friday and Monday’s trading. The front month options had a wicked volatility swing, while the back month essentially moved much more fluid. This is because of th...
