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Sanrith Descartes

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Pouring one out for all those poor fucks trapped with shares of SIVB that they cant trade.

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So, I've been playing around with paper money trades with option straddle positions. I literally just chose random companies and ETFs from various industries and after a week everything is green. Although this week may be a poor indicator since all indexes moved a lot.

Just wondering if anyone has experience with straddle positions and what your success rate has been.
 
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ShakyJake said:
So, I've been playing around with paper money trades with option straddle positions. I literally just chose random companies and ETFs from various industries and after a week everything is green. Although this week may be a poor indicator since all indexes moved a lot.

Just wondering if anyone has experience with straddle positions and what your success rate has been.
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Straddles are all about volatility. You dont care which way it moves, you just want to see big moves in one direction.
 
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I can see an argument for Jerome to hold rates at the next meeting due to the SVB/bank madness to mitigate against any potential further spiral. Will they? No idea - thoughts?
 
ShakyJake

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Sanrith Descartes said:
Straddles are all about volatility. You dont care which way it moves, you just want to see big moves in one direction.
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Right, I know what a straddle is. I'm wondering if one buys a straddle with enough time (I was doing 6 months out), is the success rate fairly high? Obviously, if a stock goes sideways for 6 months you're screwed. But the odds of that, especially in this environment, is unlikely.
 
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Missed opportunity for an "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton" tweet IMO
 
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