Options Drills: What is a calendar? How do we set them up for earnings? Strike/Month selection? Should we carry them through the event? When do we take off? Calendars vs. Diagonals? Mail Call: Fall in recruits and get your questions asked. With $VIX giving up the ghost - which products are you hoping will provide new sources of #Volatility for your #options trading? 33% - Crude Oil (WTI, etc) 20% - Metals ($GLD, $SLV, etc) 20% - FX (GBP/USD, etc) 27% - Indv. Equities-$TSLA, etc VIX Limbo: Last Month 40+% of you said $VIX wouldn't break 9 in 2017. But recent events have us asking again: How low will $VIX get in 2017? Still Won't Break 9 Won't Break 8.5 Won't Break 8.0 Lookout - 7 Handle in '17 Listner Questions and Comments: What is on your mind? Question from Lesnod - How do you get out of the straddles? One side of a straddle is always a loss correct? Question from Meatz - Would you describe successful options trading as primarily singles and doubles or more swing for the fences home runs? Question from Bulzeye7 - Are options worth it for day-traders? Or just for swing-traders? Question from Axel D - What does open interest only update once a day? Question from Mary - What is the shortest expiry available for plain vanilla options? Question from Lincan - My go to options strat is to sell covered puts on stocks that I want to buy then get paid to wait. If the stock comes my way I eventually trade out of it using a covered call. What do you think? Savvy or stupid? Question from Steve: With the VIX so low, I am not selling a lot of options anymore, because I am afraid that I will not collect enough premium. Am I thinking of this incorrectly?
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