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klodolphyesterday at 4:25 AM2 repliesview on HN

I’m not convinced. If you think you know what the fair price is for a put, then you can bid that price. If you don’t think you know what the fair price is, then you shouldn’t be trading options.

There are reasons for not trading options, but the main reason is “you know less about price movement than you think you do”.


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pocksuppetyesterday at 6:00 PM

Realistically, if you don't have the volume to be a market maker, there's no point bidding anything except the current market price. Either the price is higher than your bid, and your order won't fill (so why place it?) or the price is lower than your bid, and you should expect the market knows something you don't.

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