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Last seen: Nov 15, 2022
Sold a 4380 Put for $1.15 this morning for Wed close. I do notice it is hard to raise the sale price as Index goes up and VIX goes down. At 3600, yo...
@earlyretirementnowcom days like today seem to be huge for this approach. Your thoughts?
Three minutes until close and 12 points to the good. Sorry for all the posts, but very cathartic to track down to the close in SPX. So far, I'm gla...
As Big ERN says, really exciting on days where close is around your strikes! Eight minutes until close and I'm 8 points to the good....
Getting a little nervous here!
Sold Monday 4240 for $1.00 at 1100 Eastern. A little negative now, but 90 points Monday would be a big drop.
@e-trader certainly still sell on up days, but go a touch safer or wait until later if there is massive gap up.
@mpaziran strangely I like selling into a downtrend, since ViX is typically high.
@e-trader likely turns out fine, but I always hate selling into gaps up open or on big up days.
I think there is a very real problem of having too big an IRA/401k. With small pension and SS, I calculate at best equal taxes after RMDs start. Se...
Sold the Put option 30 minutes after open with 4200 Strike for $1.20. Lucky that I missed Wednesday close due to being at the beach with family.
@nobatmanjokes honestly I think it was an accident and thought I was selling Wed.
@nobatmanjokes 4140 here for $0.85, but mostly due to having another 4040 expiring Friday that I sold yesterday.
@earlyretirementnowcom certainly should hope so! Rule set when retired vs still working would be interesting discussion!
I like this site for looking at the 'rolling correlation. Also, the site has an efficient frontier calculator, here. I changed the start date to 200...