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Last seen: Jan 31, 2021
@ap42 Thanks for the interesting PDF. I'm partway through it. I'm also thinking of taking some VIX long exposure at the moment. I'm a bit paranoid abo...
A quick update during today's volatility. With the S&P 500 futures currently tanking approx. 2%, the leveraged portfolio has actually made some sm...
@earlyretirementnowcom Is 5-10 delta the best calls to sell if we're trying to sell covered calls?You mentioned that it wasn't worth the time, is it...
I think that's the smarter move. I think making up for lost time is heading into "revenge trading" territory. Decent when it works out but I would kic...
@twentysomething I don't really treat this as any kind of strategy or anything but rather just having fun, for the same reason people put their ma...
@earlyretirementnowcom What underlyings have you bought or sell options for?What strategy did you carry out?
@navypack Same, I missed the holiday close so I sold 3490 at $1.50 to try and make up for the lost premium. In hindsight, it was a risky move but it...
@navypack I'm in Queensland now so with no daylight savings, so the trading hours are 12:30AM to 7:15AM. Sometimes I do it at open just before I go to...
@navypack I sold mine at open because it works out easier for my Australian Time Zone. Unfortunately the market was at 3600+ which meant even at 2 del...
@earlyretirementnowcom Do you know when the margin requirements will revert back to normal?
@earlyretirementnowcom What was the delta for those strikes at the time of entering the position? I went from 3 delta which was a really big premi...
@earlyretirementnowcom I thought your article ran simulations for 47/47/6 equity/bond/VXX, 50/50 equity/bond, and 40/54/6 equity/bond/VXX?Or do you ...
@nobatmanjokes It was the only part of the portfolio in profit during the vol spike but it was not enough to make a dent in the simultaneous losses ...
@navypack I am sticking to the plan until I've been told otherwise. The reason I asked was I think the boggleheads portfolio differs on two accounts t...