wabmester
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I am such a procrastinator. I was seriously thinking about buying some puts prior to 2/27, but I didn't pull the trigger. And now VIX has gone mad.
I will probably buy some anyway and just accept the punishment, but I an not an options expert, so I have some questions before I do.
How efficient is the options market? Does everybody sit there with their Black-Scholes calculator, or are there some deals? Is there some software that would help me select from the zillion different hedging possibilities?
Anybody doing something besides simple puts? Maybe bear call or put spreads? Zero-cost collars?
What's your hedge?
I will probably buy some anyway and just accept the punishment, but I an not an options expert, so I have some questions before I do.
How efficient is the options market? Does everybody sit there with their Black-Scholes calculator, or are there some deals? Is there some software that would help me select from the zillion different hedging possibilities?
Anybody doing something besides simple puts? Maybe bear call or put spreads? Zero-cost collars?
What's your hedge?