Investing General Discussion

Tmac said:

Toward the money being the call and deeper being the put?

So, when they calls and puts are both above the current price, is that a good sign it’s going to go up in relation to those prices?

Like if the lowest put is $30, the lowest call is $35, and the stock is at $25 is that a sign to buy at $25 with a plan to get out after some gains?

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No. There are more than 2 factors in play (call/put). There is also buy and sell. And then there are the Greeks. And Volatility. My advice is to go read the options thread.

Sanrith Descartes said:

No. There are more than 2 factors in play (call/put). There is also buy and sell. And then there are the Greeks. And Volatility. My advice is to go read the options thread.

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I have. It’s just so. Fucking. Boring. That my eyes glaze over after five minutes and I don’t retain anything.

If I’m interested in something I can spend hours learning about it. The problem w options is that I am super interested in the applications, however the technicals (or maybe the way they’re written) bore me to tears.

Tmac said:

I have. It’s just so. Fucking. Boring. That my eyes glaze over after five minutes and I don’t retain anything.

If I’m interested in something I can spend hours learning about it. The problem w options is that I am super interested in the applications, however the technicals (or maybe the way they’re written) bore me to tears.

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Its truly almost all math. Maybe there are some youtube videos that will make it more interesting for you. Also maybe not try to absorb it all at once. Ignore the Greeks for now and focus on what a Put and Call contract represent and what it means to be on the buy/sell side of each trade. Get that visualization down pat to start.

swayze22 said:

making money in finance (or most fields) is typically boring. unless you are a streamer or a pornstar!

start with the basics and once you get comfortable with all the moving parts try to look at more specific examples and maybe some real "wins" or "losses" you can find on the internet

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No sir. Making money is NEVER boring. You, you... communist.

Gravel said:

AMC from $35 to $26 in under two hours. Yeesh.

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I’ll be surprised if it ever gets to $35 again.

Gravel said:

AMC from $35 to $26 in under two hours. Yeesh.

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well, its certainly not flowing into BTC. It just broke down below 36.5k again

Can we just skip the pretense and put the president of Zimbabwe at the head of the fed and get this ride started in earnest?

Furry said:

Can we just skip the pretense and put the president of Zimbabwe at the head of the fed and get this ride started in earnest?

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Not yet. I need more gold and ammo.

Lightning Lord Rule said:

Noob question: are these your own spreadsheets you're always linking or are they from an app of some kind? If so, which app? TIA

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This particular one is referred to as an option chain. Its available pretty much anywhere. You pull the option chain for a specific instrument and it brings it up. You can then adjust the view (strike prices, expiry dates etc). the prices on them are live data and change constantly through out the trading day.

Example on Marketwatch.com ( a free site) choose options after picking a symbol


And it loads the options chain for you...



The one I normally show is from Fidelity

muh $50 options!

Big Phoenix said:

muh $50 options!

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swayze22 said:

wait are you saying you don't want $6T more in govt spending?!?!?!

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Just 6T? We gotta pump those numbers up.

Gravel said:

I mentioned it in some other thread, but it was $4T last week. So I guess just wait a few more weeks and we'll probably add another $2T on, because why not.

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The other 2t will be to fund reparashuns

NVDA cracked the 52-high. gogo stock split.