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Tyler's Trading: The SLV Lining
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Monday, September 20, 2010. With last Tuesday's breakout to all time highs, gold was thrust back into the spotlight after receiving little attention over recent weeks. Though gold is usually the primary recipient of media attention within the commodity space, silver has been capturing some significant gains as well. Indeed, silver, as measured by the ishares silver trust. Has tripled the gains of gold over the past month (click image to enlarge). All in all I like the st...
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Tyler's Trading: We're Moving!
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Monday, September 27, 2010. Regarding location, tylerstrading.blogspot.com is simply becoming. I've now saved you time by shaving nine characters off my url. The new site is still a work in progress and you will likely see continued changes to come. I plan to post any new content going forward within the new site versus here at blogspot.For those of you that have links to my site, please change the address to www.tylerstrading.com. Posted by Tyler Craig. Congratulations ...
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Tyler's Trading: Gamma Scalping Inquiry
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Monday, May 10, 2010. I received the following question regarding last week's RIMM and Gamma Scalping post. Gamma scalping is one of those subjects that gives me a glimpse into the mind of a "real" trader. You are a much better directional trader than I am, so I am wondering: is this a strategy you do regularly? How much of your account would you put into a scalping straddle? 2 Fixed Intervals: If you shun the subjectivity of chart reading and prefer instead to take a mo...
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Tyler's Trading: Bare Naked Oil Puts
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Thursday, April 2, 2009. Bare Naked Oil Puts. I wanted to follow up yesterday’s chart of the USO with a strategy overview. The USO had a nice 4 day retracement into a potential area of support. With this price pattern, I'm looking to enter bullish trades. Due in part to the low price of USO, as well as my willingness to accumulate shares at these price levels, let’s assume I sold some April naked puts. Sell Apr 27 put option for $1. Max Reward = $1. Although naked puts w...
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Tyler's Trading: The Impending VIX Expiration
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Thursday, September 9, 2010. The Impending VIX Expiration. It's that time again. Each month as expiration approaches, I habitually seek out any potential short term plays using VIX options. In identifying whether or not I have a strong enough bias worth acting on, I typically consider the following data:. Recent realized volatility of the SPX via 21 or 10 day historical vol. The posture of the VIX index - are we close to an inflection point? The VIX Index is nestled pret...
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Tyler's Trading: GOOG, What Volatility Bid Up?
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Wednesday, July 14, 2010. GOOG, What Volatility Bid Up? In usual fashion Google is slated to report earnings on Thursday night, one day prior to earnings expiration. In Monday's Earnings Season Primer. So that's what GOOG has going, right? Well, as noted yesterday, volatility has come in quite a bit across the board concurrent with the markets rally this week. That could certainly be one factor influencing GOOG's vol decline over the past few days. Post, but allow me to ...
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Tyler's Trading: It's Settled
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Traders owning any type of bullish position going into today's VIX expiration woke up to a pleasant surprise. Since assessing the volatility landscape in last week's The Impending VIX Expiration. For related content, readers can check out:. Expiration and the Resolution of our VIX adVentures. VIX Expiration and Term Structure. VIX Settlement and Term Structure. Posted by Tyler Craig. November 3, 2011 at 12:19 PM. Subscribe To Tylers Trading.
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Tyler's Trading: Low Volatility, a Siren Song?
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Thursday, September 23, 2010. Low Volatility, a Siren Song? Residing close to its lowest levels in half a year, talk of buying volatility is coming back in vogue. While the appeal of loading the boat with long volatility strategies is understandable, be aware that this particular temptation may turn out to be a siren song. Suppose we heeded the low volatility call and purchased Oct 113 straddles. For related content, readers can check out:. Straddles and Gamma Scalping.
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Tyler's Trading: What Will They Think of Next?
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Friday, March 12, 2010. What Will They Think of Next? For related posts, readers can check out:. Volatility Skew and Ratio Spreads. Gaming the Sell off with Put Ratio Spreads. The Cycle of Implied Volatility. Posted by Tyler Craig. I like Livepro even though I only have free version. As stock option volatility increases before earnings or FDA announcement, do index ETF options (DIA,SPY,IWM,Q). If so, is it much and can it be seen in the VIX? March 12, 2010 at 9:17 PM.
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Tyler's Trading: The Tempest and Volatility Analysis
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Reflections of an Options Trader. Tuesday, November 3, 2009. The Tempest and Volatility Analysis. The second quiz question tested your ability to perform IV-HV analysis to ascertain whether options seemed cheap or expensive. 83% of you nailed it by answering that options seem overpriced. As Shakespeare stated in The Tempest:. Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come,. In yours and my discharge. For related posts, readers are encouraged to check out:. Historical Volatility Demystified Part I. Subscri...
