by Tom Nunamaker | Jun 18, 2016 | General, News, Trading
I remember during market crashes in the past, Interactive Brokers (IB) increased the margin for many products.There was a lot of complaining about it on certain forums but I personally was happy to see the increased margins. As an IB customer myself, I like knowing...
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 | Apr 11, 2015 | Options trading, Trading
Steve Lentz, from OptionVue and Discover Options, presented “Volatility Edge Analysis of the Russell 2000.” Steve's data was very intriguing and showed how ofter option sellers have an edge on in the RUT. Steve is trying to use technical analysis to...
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...
