Thanks Deb, I now have learned that some people could see it, and others could not. Thanks for letting me know Best, Mark -- Mark D. Wolfinger The Rookie's Guide to Options:The Beginner's Handbook of Trading Equity Options blog: http://blog.mdwoptions.com/options_for_rookies website: http://www.mdwoptions.com
Hi Mark. If you put on a credit spread, eg. buy a ABC July $570 call for $1.60, and sell a ABC July $560 call for $2.63, and both expire worthless, how do you calculate your return in percentage terms (what number goes into the ...
Hi Mark, Does "buying" a call or put spread equate to a "debit" spread? And does "selling" a call or put spread equate a "credit" spread? Thanks - Debra Hi Debra, Yes and yes. When you buy a vertical (both options expire on same date) ...
Hi Mark, Where can one see a chart of price & volume & open interest for a particular option over time? I'm trying to track how an option price changes over time in relation to the underlying price and also - how open interest changes ...
I am looking at a NS option and trying to understand what the rights and responsiblities are. it is the CTIC Jan 2.5 Put (l-10) (+KGXMZ) it says it is just 10 shares. I am thinking about selling the put and anticipating the option to ...
I am considering buying Rio Tinto at $151.70/share and selling the NS option at $25 per contract. The NS contract states $2280.61 cash in lieu of shares, 100 shares of RTP. Does this mean I sell the shares at $150 per share plus I have ...
I have always been curious about what a market maker does to protect against a situation where many calls or puts are sold by the market maker and the market moves or is moving against the position of the writer of those options (say, the ...
Mark, I am new to options trading and I am in the process of reading your book. But I had a question on the fundamental difference between buying a put and selling a call. As I understand it, essentially they are both declaring a downwards ...
What is the difference between nonstandard and standard options? A non-standard option is one that exists after a corporate action - usually a merger, takeover, spin-off etc. The old options must be adjusted to reflect those changes. Thus, when you exercise the option, you no ...
When I place an options order with my broker, the web site has a column called "Price" and then the following values - Market, Credit, Debit, or Even. I have to choose one of these before I am able to place the order. What do ...
I am interested in writing naked calls or puts and doing them far enough out of the money that they retire worthless on the 3 Friday, Any advise? And is there any good charts I should be looking at. Thanks RS Hello RS, My best ...
I have been trading options for a few weeks now (with my own money that is) and I have seen that some options for certain stocks expire at different months than others. For example, Wells Fargo (WFC) offers options for Aug, Sep, and Oct, while ...
I'm new to Options and puts in general. My question is this: if I buy say 10 contracts of SPY for Jan 10 90 (100) do I need to own any of the actual SPY stock when I go to exercise that option on or ...
hi mark, who is mary travers? :-) and, why do you prefer trading RUT over other indices eg. QQQQ? (do you really trade RUT only?) thanks, deb Hi Deb, Mary Travers was part of Peter, Paul & Mary. I'm just going to assume you have ...
Dear Mr Wolfinger, I have tried to sell high quality irons or boxes and have had two brokers tell me that I was executing "self financing" trades. Is this normal, or is there somewhere I can go to put these trades on? My vision is ...