by Tom Nunamaker | Feb 22, 2016 | Options trading, Trading
Amy Meissner will join us on Wednesday at 4:30pm ET for a special Round Table to discuss her nested iron condor strategy. Amy was written up in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine as the “Queen of the Iron Condor.” Click here to...
by Tom Nunamaker | Feb 12, 2016 | General, Trading
I've used Interactive Brokers for about 15 years. I was recently reviewing my Market Data Subscriptions and realized that there are a lot of choices for new users of Interactive Brokers to navigate. If you are an option trader who primarily trades the U.S. equity...
by Tom Nunamaker | Feb 6, 2016 | News, Options trading, Trading
I came across an interesting announcement from CBOE that they are adding a new SPX weekliy option that expires on Wednesdays! OptionVue and OptionNET Explorer have some work to add the new options into their software now! Here's the CBOE press release: CHICAGO, Feb....
by Tom Nunamaker | Dec 20, 2015 | General, Options trading, Trading
Dan Neagoy, from Theta Trend, presented his Core Income Butterfly (CIB) trade to the Capital Discussions Round Table yesterday. Dan covered lots of ground: His background The philosophy of the CIB trade Entry, Adjustment and exit guidelines An example of a recent...
by Tom Nunamaker | Dec 6, 2015 | Options trading, Trading
Delta measures how fast an option price changes relative to the underlying security’s price. Delta is the first derivative (or slope) of the price curve of an option. Delta values range from -1.0 to +1.0. Delta values 0.0 to +1.0 for long calls 0.0 to -1.0 for long...
