click on multiplier, deselect 10x and 1000x, optiontrader will refresh with just the standard 100x multiplier options. Not so hard.
Look up 'option straddle' on google. Also look up 'options straddle before earnings'. You can also search for it here on elitetrader, we've...
samer, not sure if you saw my earlier reply, but I'm pretty sure the white line will 'deflate' dramatically on a vola rise, and thus the...
Just for reference, there are ES Futures options that are European style, trading with 2-4 ticks spread (ATM, OTM). The American style are usually...
Maybe it's just drifting with Dollar/Yen, Nikkei?
Wider spread means inefficiency. That can be an edge. .... IB will force liquidate you in a moments notice because you are just customer...
Doesn't the white line drop substantially on a vola rise? That is, below breakeven. I don't mean drop linearly, I mean it will 'deflate'....
I have no insight into their strategy but it's plausible short calls in equity indexes would have been hard to handle in May. A 6% rally, low vix...
FWIW to the previous post, VIX mini futures only run 3 near term months. As to the OP's question, and how I interpreted it: You just don't...
"negative roll yield", search on google, gives a good explanation.
Think he said selling 1 strike OTM, combined with the dividend makes the return something like 20% annualized. Some type of 'boosting dividend...
wallstreetoasis.com, register (worth the 2 minutes), use search function.
Haven't looked myself but, I would think there is a conditional that would execute at best bid/ask? i.e. 'if SPY is at 162.xx, buy 163 strike...
seems like a sad love story, waiting for a ship to return that never may. But don't worry, we're all gonna make it brah.
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