14k is unlikely. The market is already expecting the Fed to keep interest rate as is. Most likely it will be so, and the market may rally a...
You might not have to go on strike for more than a week, I think. Market is a little irrational, right now. The economy shows signs of slowly...
This rally is a little weak if you look at the past two weeks. The market didn't go up that much. It crawled up like a snail. All these...
benysl, Nice analysis! There are basically three risks associated with this trade. 1) Market may go down(gap down) so fast that you...
Options are contracts, which are legally binding until expire. Even if a stock is halted from trading, you still can exercise the options or be...
Your initial margin is lower than that of a naked position, right? How much is it per contract? I am trying to calc. the ROR.
Did you trade the replication Riskarb? Volume at 1200 strike today was over 54k contracts. Too much of a coincidence, so i figure if it's not...
Trying to make a little profits on someone's work, Riskb? ;)
No wonder you still haven't reply two of my PMs. Message overload? Anyway, since you're busy i can look up the forex stuff myself.
"I noticed that too (calls are more expensive than puts) and tried on a saxobank simulated account (where we can adjust the strike price of the...
Also, beat you to it. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71967&perpage=6&pagenumber=2
Even with a 50 BPS hike, i think the market will still rally. It is future direction and guidance the market needs from the Fed. The economy and...
Trend day? No way! When trend is recognized, it's a little late b/c of the huge surge. Trading after the surge could be dangerous b/c of all...
Could rally back to or even break all time high. Then after, another wave of bear market or consolidation, i think. Anyone shares my view?...
Should have enter at close yesterday. I didn't anticipate the market to go up that much on opening. I went long 30 mins before the huge surge,...
I love trading tomorrow too. Mildly bullish no matter what happens.
In regard to your question on futures margin, the answer is no. Futures brokers do not charge interest b/c nothing is being purchased on margin...
If you trade options, you will find that calls are more expensive than puts most of the time (all else equal). Your synthetic will result in a...
You need to put in a few hrs to study future pricing. You still don't understand. Pick up any decent finance book on cost of carry and read a...
Have you done a research on fair-value pricing of future premium, yet? Premium (or cost of carry) = Risk free interest rate - dividend...
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