Posts Tagged ‘dtv’

  • DTV Trade Followup
    stevenplace, February 13th, 2009 at 6:51 am, Comments: 0

    Well this trade has worked out phenomenally [see earlier post]. Currently the position is up about $670. The assumption that it would stay within this range after earnings was proved correct, and we’ve seen a lot of the volatility in the front month come out, so the ATM options we sold deflated by a significant [...]

  • DTV Earnings Straddle
    stevenplace, February 9th, 2009 at 8:56 am, Comments: 0

    Personally, I think DTV is stupid and unscalable. But I don’t let my opinions get in the way of trades.
    DTV has earnings on Feb 10th. Implied volatility is  a little higher and has been declining along with the market. Here’s the trade
    Sell -10 DTV Feb 09 22.5 Straddle 2.07 or better
    Statistically it’s a better than [...]

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    Steve Place is a professional derivatives trader, focusing on equity options. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering with specializations in Signals Processing, Stochastics, and... More »

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