Bearish: Spread-Trades with Put/Call Options
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Trade Panel Overview
Trade panels (spreadsheets) are for educational purposes and each include an example trade that you may modify or simply add more trades to analyze and compare. We'll offer hints, but You choose the strikes and enter the bid-ask values that are current or that you might expect to recieve... and we'll do all the trade comparison math instantly. To select strikes- begin with the top field (the long option in debit trades), and the panel will make the best guess on the short option which you can accept or change. Strikes can be selected from the pull down menu, or from type-ahead navigation which will attempt to complete the strike values as you type. Press enter to accept the new value, or esc to revert to the old value. To enter bid,ask or commission values-
Tips and Hints
The title bars, column headings, bold text, and numbers in contrasting
colors
all contain comments about that item. Enable hints and hover the mouse over the words
of interest to see the comments at the top of your browser.
Moving and Deleting trades
Trades, or groups of trades, may be managed by selecting all related rows, from top to bottom, in order. Click a text field to select the top row, and then shift-click to select the last row, then press the move or delete button. All rows are deleted if you close or refresh the page in your browser.
Return on Investment
The ROI target value is unique to each panel and is relevant when the ROI conditions are in view. The spreadsheet updates immediately when this value is changed. It may take 2-3 seconds to show (or hide) the ROI conditions view if your computer is heavily loaded or if you have many trades in the spreadsheet.
Moving Trade Panels
Each trade panel is movable while it is in the closed, or collapsed state, with simultaneous click and drag using the mouse. This gives you more flexibility and usable space within your browser window. The trade panels in use should be kept in order (Call_Cal, Bull_Put, Bull_Call) because they are designed to slide down when each panel is expanded, or grows as trades are added. A trade panel to be ignored can simply be moved out of view.
Comments and Updates
We need squeaky wheels in order to improve our site, so let us know what trade strategies or features you would like to see next. Include your email if you would like a response or to be notified when features and trade types are added.
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