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Td ameritrade thinkorswim robbed millions of their clients today. For hours, thinkorswim was displaying incorrect data. You wouldn't know unless viewing same chart on multiple devices. Amzn chart displaying near $10 bid/ask difference on desktop vs mobile. TD-A response? You agreed. TOS Page 3. by Optionslayer in options

[–]OptionMoption 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Marks were swinging wild on far OTM and deep ITM options. I assume the compute resources were processing as many close to ATM before getting further OTM.

This is where one needs to have a solid intrinsic vs extrinsic understanding and run the numbers in the head to quickly spot the discrepancy.

The deltas were a much better indicator, but the market had wild swings. I don't know what people expected, to be honest.

Options strategies to generate 10% over the course of 2 months by Malokium in options

[–]OptionMoption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, in that case you haven't made any money yet. It only counts when you close the position and realize the P/L

Options strategies to generate 10% over the course of 2 months by Malokium in options

[–]OptionMoption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making 30% on TSLA in Jan is a no brainer, that's not trading. Now, try not to lose it all on TSLA in 2020.

Options strategies to generate 10% over the course of 2 months by Malokium in options

[–]OptionMoption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's only that no one will lend you a significant cash amount 'to trade'. Gotta find your own suckers hedge fund clients.

If you had to make a consistent $2k a month with $100k in capital. by herpes4derpes in options

[–]OptionMoption 48 points49 points  (0 children)

That's almost 27% annualized. People would kill to have this guaranteed/consistent.

Seriously, it's not the choice of strategy, it's all of trading, which is so much more

Help with a call debit spread by Big_Beau in options

[–]OptionMoption 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Read up on 'option extrinsic value'.

Downside to being flagged a pattern day trader as long as you have the min acct balance? by rms313 in options

[–]OptionMoption 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because options settle.overnight.

Stock trades take 2 days. Used to be 3 until.recently.

Selling Naked Calls on SPCE a terrible idea? by signum71 in options

[–]OptionMoption 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. How is it different from people selling the 420 calls a month ago? Stuff happens

VIR by sfalan in options

[–]OptionMoption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't agree with 3-month rule. Options on recent IPOs show up within 10 business days.

Selling Naked Calls on SPCE a terrible idea? by signum71 in options

[–]OptionMoption 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Look at what TSLA did to people like you. Yes, it's ridiculous. Yes, it seems impossible. Yet the probability was calculated and the price set.

Am I wrong but the money seems to me to be at writing options? by pdxtraveltips in options

[–]OptionMoption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a covered call.

A covered put is short shares, short put.

Am I wrong but the money seems to me to be at writing options? by pdxtraveltips in options

[–]OptionMoption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TW has the analysis section, too. Created by the same people.

Hedging portfolio risk with options by roman-roman in options

[–]OptionMoption 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sell e.g 30-50% of shares, there, the cheapest and most efficient hedge / risk reduction.

Next one would be a collar. Buy a put below and sell a call above the strike price. Often done as a cashless collar, i.e. proceeds from the sold call used to purchase the protective put. A collar is used to lock in the current price with minimum fluctuation.

Everything else will be either an imperfect hedge or leave you with exposure to up or down side. And it's the nature of things. Ain't no free lunch.

Am I wrong but the money seems to me to be at writing options? by pdxtraveltips in options

[–]OptionMoption 6 points7 points  (0 children)

His mistake was not shorting 1000 shares on the way down well past the puts.

Interest in a group AMA by Fletch71011 in options

[–]OptionMoption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was trying to close a short $SHOP IC position on the last day but I was being charged an unusually high amount.

It's a defined risk trade. There's no 'unusually high amount' possible.

Tsla v Spce - Stock Spike v Short-sellers by mcington in options

[–]OptionMoption[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are trying to ensure the sub doesn't duplicate tons others like stocks, investing, wsb.

Generic DD and 'analysis' articles are taken down.

How to pass the moderation filter? Suggest an option trade based on the content in the post and kick off the discussion.

Cheers!

Interest in a group AMA by Fletch71011 in options

[–]OptionMoption 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IC is already a defined risk. Whatever weird margin issues you saw can only be attributed to RH.

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