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Strategies & Market Trends : Option Spreads, Credit my Debit -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KFE who wrote (1895)	1/8/2001 5:07:02 PM
From: KFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2317

Had an IMCL call calendar spread working that met my criteria in the previous post but nothing was done. Tried to split the bid/asked spread. This option chain has a number of possibilities for trading short term volatility skews using straight calendar spreads and diagonal calendar spreads. I will continue to monitor it for the next couple of days. Regards, Ken

To: KFE who wrote (1895)	1/9/2001 12:54:07 AM
From: mozoneman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2317

Ken, Your take on the following IBM spreads is appreciated: Two spreads are considered simultaneously, using 1 PUT and 1 CALL to bet on both directions. Buy Feb 80, Sell Jan 80 PUTS for 1 5/16 Buy Feb 105, Sell Jan 105 CALLS for 2 If IBM fluctuates between 90 and 100 next 2 weeks, those 2 spreads should make money because the shorts expire worthless and I can sell the longs.... If IBM moves out of range, at least one spread should make money... What's wrong with this strategy, and how can you improve on it ? Thank you for your advice. Huan