FYI: IFF -> IF and only iF! Pic of risk profile of the option position for a 1-lot. November expiry, using 350 strike for synthetic long and...
Disclaimer: If you enter this trade (see below) and loose money, shame on you! -- You should "own" your own trades. More babble: IFF one expects...
Wouldn't one be better off merely purchasing QQQ (instead of a random tech stock) and get a 100% chance of outperforming the S&P index? -- Seems...
Be nice if brokers treated VIX long calls (on the Font Month) against short Front month VX Futures. (1/10th size of course).
I suspect you are misinterpreting what you see. That first reference is for weekly SPX expiring today, hence # days to expiration < 1. The 2nd...
YES! The AM expirations expire at the open on the expiring Friday (not tradeable on Friday, but last trade possible on Thursday before expiry)....
SPXW is a weekly, with PM expiration. SPX is the standard monthly with AM expirations. They are not the same.
expirations collected (note: is possible some may be missing if B/A were not stable).
You are missing most of them. Looking today: There are 15,490 SPX Weeklies, and 22,550 total. I created the HTML from my sql query. I don't...
It changes every day with the "daily" expirations. Here is a list of the opras from yesterday. -- I counted 60 expirations in this list.
FWIW: Yesterday, SPX had 22,686 options listed.
While I don't have familiarity with options on Coco futures or similar products, I do on VIX options (which are on /VX Futures). I don't follow...
Can you provide specific example? -- When you refer to futures, futures options, and contango/backwardation, roll ... My mind goes to thinking...
I am only a retail trader learning as I go. Except for the smaller size, not clear to me why SPY has so much interest. Having to deal with early...
If I understand you correctly, the contango/backwardation of the terms should be of no consequence (except for bias for expected vol direction),...
I'm a bit in the weeds from the topic, but comment: Re KISS --> Danger to assume simpler is always better. The longer winded without shortcuts...
A comment regarding "Based on my observations, SPY options tend to have tighter spreads, ...". If your trading size is large enough, look again...
If you wish to leverage using options, your resulting delta should be > 1! I leverage using DITM Calls and DITM Puts, obtaining deltas between...
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When posting such questions, would be more helpful if you also provide the prices relating to your concerns (was is, for both underlying and each...
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