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Thanks Ron99, Yes, I was aware. It is the comparison of the strikes that I am looking at not really how much money is being made. I am interested in looking at real world comparisons and differentials. What I am asking myself is given what happened (or regardless of what happened) which strike would I sell. I would be interested in the same given the adverse position. For example. Same contract but now look at the calls at say 115 and 120. You have obviously been doing this type of stuff much longer than I. Sorry if my novice traits are coming out.
Someone else had mentioned about the graphs being influenced by the underlying. I just wanted to show what the underlying did when the option price moved down.
i am a quarter of the way through 'fooled by randomness' and this rings a bell (of alarm type). good comment, your posts are extremely refreshing on this thread.
Exploring alternatives...learning the differences...regardless volatility it is all about the margin requirement. There is a big difference between Bean and Meal...I had not noticed this before.
High Vega can be dangerous of course. I have been trading options for many years, and it is important to try to find options to sell where implied volatility is higher than historical. Quite often a move in volatility will have larger impact on your position than substantial move in underline.
This might be of interest to some.
Quandl have added Committment of Traders data for futures. (Historical).
They seem to be continuing to improve their service.