by Bill Burton | Aug 27, 2016 | Options trading, Trading
One of the advantages of an option based approach to trading is the ability to capitalize on trades that have a statistically well-defined high probability of profit. When events occur with predictable regularity, the knowledgeable option trader can effectively...
by Tom Nunamaker | Jul 6, 2015 | Options trading, Trading
One measure of risk that is common for option traders is to use standard deviations of movement. I built a popular Standard deviation calculator to calculate the range of movement for a given set of numbers. It was accessed nearly 500 times in the past week! An option...
by Tom Nunamaker | May 14, 2014 | General
Dan Harvey has a spreadsheet he uses to help guide his contract sizes and manage his Weirdor trades. I extracted the option Greeks portion of it and created an online version which is at https://my.aeromir.com/go/c.option-position-greeks-calculator Here's a screen...
by Tom Nunamaker | May 7, 2014 | General
I posted in the forums about seting up OptionVue correctly to get the correct greeks for VIX options. Jim sent me an interesting link to six figure investing's article on “Thirteen Things Your Should Know About Trading VIX Options.” Bullet point...