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Last seen: Oct 20, 2022
Nice! I also sold 3780 for $1.20. I also dont mind slow drops with increase in VIX for juicier premiums!
@figuy1 I looked at TTH as well for additional data points. Two biggest drops with low VIX were what I mentioned above: "Your formula made me look ...
@navypack In case you're curious, from the data I painstakingly entered from 2000 and up: There has been 15 instances of 2DTE puts with more than 3%...
Sorry, 9/2-9/4 was actually a 27 VIX and closed at a 4.3% drop. Your formula would have called for a 3.3 Delta. 44 points in the money meant you set t...
@navypack Thanks, yea I'm planning to log all of my trades to get an idea of a good strike between the delta, VIX, and % drop data. I started loggin...
@navypack I like your idea of setting your strike based on a target VIX*Delta. How has this strategy been working out for you during big down days?
@earlyretirementnowcom For preferred stocks, would it be better to just get a broad exposure by putting the margin cash in a fund like PFF or PFFD (...
@earlyretirementnowcom Thanks. I'll research more on each of these preferred stocks. I did some reading on adjustable rate preferred stocks and it l...
@earlyretirementnowcom This looks great! Simple and organized. Thank you! I'll play around with it this week.
Also, I'm curious how everyone customized their windows on the trader workstation. I found this set up that looks good: Once I make the custom ch...