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/OMG/ OPTIONS MARKET GENERAL Anonymous Wed Jul 31 09:52:44 2019 No.15051313 [Reply] [Original]

FOMC DAY: the end of an era

What options trades did you assholes make today?
Do you straddle, strangle or short naked?
Are you looking to burn theta?
Buying VIX calls?

Option price calcs:
http://www.cboe.com/trading-tools/ivolatility-services-free?serviceid=7
http://www.optioneducation.net/calculator/main_advanced.asp
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dipen.pricer.suite
https://optioncreator.com/

Useful sites:
http://vixcentral.com/
https://www.barchart.com/options/most-active
https://marketchameleon.com/
http://www.cboe.com/products/vix-index-volatility/volatility-indexes
https://www.reuters.com/theWire
https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/aapl/option-chain
https://www.bloomberg.com/series/options-update
https://www.cnbc.com/options-action/
https://www.wsj.com/news/types/options
http://www.optionistics.com/quotes/stock-prices/SPX
http://optiontradingpedia.com/options_strategy_library.htm

Education:
http://tastytrade.com/
https://www.optionseducation.org/

Intro to options:
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/wdis-options-101/episodes
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/trading-for-newbies/episodes/

Yesterday's bullshit :
>>15043626

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 10:21:51 2019 No.15051607 First for Tastyworks.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:06:00 2019 No.15052095 >>15051313 this thread is forced stop trying to tear /smg/ apart

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:07:32 2019 No.15052104 >he's still not all in BOOM

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:09:13 2019 No.15052121 File: 600 KB, 2448x2448, R2rPcyI.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] A crypto thread died for this redundant thread, so post cats.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:11:54 2019 No.15052153 >>15052095 >stop trying to tear /smg/ apart don't be an autist OMG just gives anons some options most on SMG don't even have a clue how to long VIX or strangle /GC

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:13:21 2019 No.15052173 File: 25 KB, 480x381, Feral_cat.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:15:53 2019 No.15052199 File: 141 KB, 720x720, 1502470871735.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:16:55 2019 No.15052213 File: 159 KB, 639x642, IncludeInAllScreenCaps.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:17:47 2019 No.15052224 File: 59 KB, 167x210, loser.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15052121 >for this redundant thread lol feeling personally threatened much you need to cat piss all over other threads?

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:17:57 2019 No.15052227 File: 197 KB, 800x600, T2DtLlf.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:19:02 2019 No.15052235 File: 2.56 MB, 3872x2592, DSC_0266.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:20:07 2019 No.15052246 File: 2.00 MB, 242x343, 1524661013610.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] im all out of cats >>15052224 I'm keeping your thread alive numb nuts.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:22:34 2019 No.15052269 File: 184 KB, 782x590, baggie.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >I'm keeping your thread alive numb nuts. If you knew how to trade options you could make yourself useful here, neckbeard

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:25:54 2019 No.15052304 I wish I had more money to buy the AMD dip.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:28:36 2019 No.15052333 >>15052304 >buy the AMD dip. whole sector might be on the high side. Look at the SMG chart. Might want to look at other plays?

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:29:50 2019 No.15052349 >>15052269 >go to trading platform >find vxx >find call options that expire friday >find strike price of 22 >hit the ask 100 times >wait for jerome to fuck the market. >sell the options for a few shekels

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:30:27 2019 No.15052357 >>15052333 >SMG chart. BAKA index my bad...

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:32:54 2019 No.15052390 >>15052349 >>find vxx Why VXX and not VIX itself?

>>	BaggieTheJUSTED !!2wgod7RQeJh Wed Jul 31 11:33:54 2019 No.15052395 >>15052390 cause im not trading futures im trading options

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:38:14 2019 No.15052445 >>15052395 >cause im not trading futures im trading options VIX is not futures. VIX is a cash settled options index. VXX is a derivative ETF of VIX

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:44:49 2019 No.15052511 File: 17 KB, 200x200, longcall_riskgraph.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] For a buck you can long VIX 100 18 SEP 19 20 CALL At expiry breakeven at 21 22 for a reward of 1.0 equal to your risk

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:00:16 2019 No.15052736 Fuck you, use /smg/

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:03:38 2019 No.15052787 File: 134 KB, 213x254, idiot.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15052736 >Fuck you, use /smg/ we're not trading stocks here fucktard

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:36:39 2019 No.15053227 I appreciate a general dedicated to option trading since a majority of my income comes from spreads. Also diagonal spreads for the win.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 13:05:54 2019 No.15053640 File: 13 KB, 295x230, diagonal_call_spread.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15053227 do post your trades and spread ideas

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 13:30:46 2019 No.15053987 File: 67 KB, 231x228, final-countdown.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] FOMC in 30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw