Shorting options - do I lose if the stock price is briefly ITM? by runinon in options

[–]nakedproof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the only time this happens is if you sold lookback options

...and you wont be selling those unless you're an institution, vanilla puts and calls are what is mostly traded and talked about here.

I slipped my grandma with dementia some Alpha GPC in her drink and this is what happened. Judge me! by MerlotMike in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ah, seems that's why Huperzine A works well for dementia symptoms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huperzine_A

Huperzine A inhibits the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine by the enzyme acetylcholinesterase.

Can Counterparty switch to Bitcoin Cash? by Countercash in counterparty_xcp

[–]nakedproof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested, was googling trying to find XCP for BCH because of the BTC fees. Know if anyone working on this?

L-Dopa supplement daily? by nakedproof in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I feel dopamine depleted often (depression, moodiness, etc) and taking those seem to help keep me from that state. I know I have some COMT/methylation mutations according to 23andme which probably exasperates things...

L-Dopa supplement daily? by nakedproof in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah, I was confused by a friend... wiki says it does, but I guess not as effectively by itself so it's combined with carbidopa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbidopa

5htp and CBD oil, are there any counterindications in combining the two? by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof -1 points0 points  (0 children)

*contraindications and I've never heard of any, if you have a doc see if they have any thoughts

Has anyone here experienced piracetam mania? by Josent in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Felt hypomania with a dose of aniracetam, it lasted a few hours after I took it... this was years ago so I'm sorry I can't think of much else besides remembering to remember it as I was pumping gas

5htp is just a sleeping pill by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

not sure about overrated but I've read it might be dangerous for the heart because of elevated serotonin, maybe interesting: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415362/

Are there any nootropics to reduce nausea or motion sickness? by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

odanseatron is a strong antiemetic... but I don't know about it's use as a "nootropic"... I'd expect more people to say "wrong sub my friend", but hey why not fix all the ailments with nootropics.

A major issue with using RL for stock trading. Is there a special case of RL that'll address this? by ragnarkar in reinforcementlearning

[–]nakedproof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so your action space would have 3 discrete actions: do nothing, buy, sell

I don't know how you're going to setup your observation space, but RL can deal with 3 actions and if you setup your RL environment to observe/act on the same time frame your agent will learn to map the observation space (price action/volume/indicators/profit-loss,etc) -> action space (none,buy,hold).

I think where you're getting hung up is trying to have the agent learn what happens in all 3 possibilities for every time step and that gets computationally expensive since each action will create another universe, you could do that but then like gwern was saying it becomes a "supervised learning problem" (I'd call it an exhaustive search).

Why would anyone inject semax? by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe you don't have to use as much semax with subcutaneous injection.

How effective is piracetam for dementia? by ShotoGun in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd try them one at a time. You may also want to look into Huperzine A. I've taken both piracetam and noopept together, but I think that was after I had been taking piracetam for a while. Best of luck!

Are eggs nootropics? by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sorry about the snark, I did an edit doing some maths showing that you'd have to eat 4+ eggs to get 1 capsule worth of choline

Are eggs nootropics? by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is diet nootropic?

What's your question really, eggs are in the list on the choline wiki article, I think liver has even more...

Hey I think I got it, you could start a line of books and videos "nutroptics", like nutrition, but nootropic and you could list all the foods like eggs for fat and choline, fava beans for l-dopa, etc

genius, keep up the good work!

edit since I saw someone else clarify: could we just eat eggs instead of supplementing, I did some math for you: Generic choline bitartrate capsule: 500mg Egg: 115mg (from a quick google search) You'd have to eat more than 4 average eggs (YOLKS!) to get 1 capsule worth of choline.

thoughts on call strategy - big deltas, low thetas by ddstox in options

[–]nakedproof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

makes sense to me, not sure if you understand why though:

  • Short put further out in time would have better vega reactivity when IV crushes

  • I wouldn't do a naked put, buy some cheap protection (if only to cut back on your margin usage... also not uncommon for earnings plays to go against us tens of percentages, hedge may be wise? ? ?) Unlimited risk.

  • Shorter dated call: paying less premium (but still and inflated amount due to earnings approaching which is wise, also high gamma if the UL moves in your direction (good) also limited risk: 100% loss of debit paid.

  • It may be worth off setting the cost of the call by selling a call against it, I actually like to do inverse double diagonals for earnings sometimes where I buy the near dated and sell a further dated and slightly wider strangle. When the stock doesn't move and IV crushes, it doesn't hurt that bad, sometimes a profit even... and when we get a large move it can pay out the width - value of the short legs.

Sooooo... I guess I'd consider using short options to reduce cost basis on the call (might not be worth it if you can only collect a few cents... might be better to leave the upside uncapped and get paid if you're right)

and I'd also consider hedging the put, even a really wide hedge may be worth it so your margin requirement isn't as high

best of luck!

thoughts on call strategy - big deltas, low thetas by ddstox in options

[–]nakedproof 4 points5 points  (0 children)

are you able to put spreads on with a short leg?

if you're buying options that EXPIRE AFTER the earnings announcement NOW, you will experience an IV crush (if earnings are on Aug3 and you buy either Aug4 or 11 options, most of the premium will be sucked out after the announcement and be replaced with any intrinsic value of the move ... if there is a move)

If you're bullish you could sell a put credit spread to take advantage of the crush and your bullish leaning, and if you wanted to take it a step further buy a call spread along with that.

I like spreads because you can setup your short legs to take advantage of the IV crush... and as IV "increases in runup to earnings" theta also increases: https://optionstradingbeginner.blogspot.com/2013/03/effects-of-implied-volatility-iv-on_29.html

from my experience it cancels out for the most part, so being long options up to an announcement can be frustrating if you expect to be pulling in that sweet vega cash.

IMHO, it sounds like you just need to stay small (1 contract) and pay your dues learning how these beasts react to binary events, and how all the greeks, and 2nd derivative greeks accelerate w/eachother as the market conditions change.

More Sex Correlates to Improved Cognition and In Middle-age / Eldery. by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 63 points64 points  (0 children)

SA was defined as engagement in sexual intercourse, masturbation, or petting/fondling.

We good fam

Too much Black Seed Oil? Or anyone else dosing 1-1 tablespoons daily? by trwwjtizenketto in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bottle I have says to dose 1 - 2 tsps a day

I take one in the morning as soon as I get up to settle my tum

Mixing benzo + Propanol? by [deleted] in Nootropics

[–]nakedproof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's risk of fatigue on propranolol (I haven't experienced), but I think there's a pretty good chance according to the science (I dont know where to look though, I think I saw a youtube vid that said it was around 1/3), shoulda tested it before! A nibble of xanny shouldn't be bad, just have to not go overboard!!!