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Guest Blog From Option Pit Mentoring Professional Member Dennis Chen

Posted by msebastian on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 2:11pm
Trading your option portfolio like a hedge fund by Dennis Chen from Smart Income Partners, Ltd.

Exception to the Rule: Trading Weekly AAPL Butterfly's

Posted by msebastian on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 3:44pm
The one thing we have learned in our years of trading and mentoring option traders is that there is an exception to every guideline out there.

POT Breaking down a bullish option spread

Posted by msebastian on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 6:53pm
During the Pit Report a few of our option mentoring students asked me to take a look at POT and see if there were any bullish trades that might have

AM Pit Report 8-13-2010

Its friday the 13th, we will talk about what to expect today, and what IV might do. And talk weekend decay. Also we will examine the VXX trade and discuss a new morning trade.

How much was VOL up in the SPX today?

Posted by msebastian on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 9:28pm
The VIX was up about 3 points today.  The VXX was up over 1.5 points.  How much was IV up in ATM SPX today?  Yesterday:

The View from the "Virtual" Option Pit-With ODI Doing the Time Spread Tango!

Posted by msebastian on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 2:53pm
Once again it is time for my favorite reoccurring character to write,  "The Vew From the Virtual Option Pit."  I hope you guys enjoy as much as I do.

SPX Implied Volatility heading into Unemployment-Butterfly Time

Posted by msebastian on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 5:18pm
One of the things we have been focusing on with our option mentoring students is trading what is given to you.