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if I am confident in a movie vis-a-vis the call/put numbers, e,g, FFUR5 or JUMPB, I short put & long call

Posted by: daveart on May 12, 09:40 in response to DTXbro's post Roughly 20 percent of current holdings of the Pirates of...

and DTXbro is right about never, or almost never, doing the inverse - long put & short call - I may have done that one or twice, but you'd have to be super confident the movie will flop completely, again vis-a-vis the call/put numbers

Roughly 20 percent of current holdings of the Pirates of the Carribean 4 opening weekend puts are shorts. This seems to reflect lunacy from DTXbro May 12, 08:12

If you long the put, you short the call. If you long the call, you short the put. Perhaps 20 pct of the investors think that 90 is StarBondFund (Buy Euro 6) May 12, 08:48

Long the put, short the call -- that's dopey. The most you can make is two bucks. The potential loss is boundless. It's a fool's bet, DTXbro May 12, 09:08

Of course, you're right WRT risk. But, for immediate play, people may expect it to go down. It's a _tradeable_ security. But, they should edzep May 12, 12:50

No, you can make a lot more than 2 bucks. JohnTEQP May 12, 23:11

if I am confident in a movie vis-a-vis the call/put numbers, e,g, FFUR5 or JUMPB, I short put & long call daveart May 12, 09:40

I play every opener, and all derivatives, period... Chefbobcat May 12, 21:18

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