Did happen to my surprise. One time I did sell a CSP that went ITM in a highly volatile biotech daytrading stock and the counter-party did not...
Index futures like ES, etc. got a built in cost-of-carry. The contract price will by time start to deviate more and more from spot SPX for each...
There was a couple of +20% drops during that time that would have decimated a Call buyer and even more +10% declines.
Gold failed to deliver. It was supposed to be a hedge against inflation, but instead it's dropping like a rock.
Valid points. In reality both the legs of the short strangle are covered. The upper Call leg is covered by long term position in the index and...
To clarify I'm working on a strategy for selling 2-6 days DTE option strangles in equity index, SPX, NDX, R2K. What I'm looking for is to...
What are good methods or tools to predict or measure the likelihood of side ways price movement X time units forward?
Would enter the limited risk leg(s) first and in the infinite risk leg(s) and the opposite then legging out of a structure. Otherwise you are...
Depends trading style. A day trader with tight stops will require a lot less Eq than a swing trader with wide stops. You have to do the math...
It depends on your strategy's design. If the trades are fire-and-forget and zero-maintenance, one just leave them on the book to take care of it...
Are foreigners trading remotely at these firms required to get a Series 56? What are other prop firms that allow trading access to SPX or ES...
One should be able to trade during curb session. Maybe your broker is faulty or provide less good service. Some brokers have a lot of businesses...
One may look and try to see the general characteristics of the market as a whole. Bull: upward grinding market with sharp/violent corrections to...
Then doing Martingale shenanigans it produces stable and nice return curve. Doubling the bet size of each losing trade. Works until it doesn't, lol.
Of course. Staying in a trade over the weekend is common.
Yep, SPXW.
No plain long calls or puts. I trade verticals.
No. Fully hedged structures. Swing trading style. Less than ten sessions holding period. Systematic so I don't decide what day to trade.
directional momentum? it's hairy dealing with the short term time decay and gamma. Sure it may work, it's just another vehicle among others right....
If one feels down or depressed, a change of environment is good. Went on a trip to south America alone for two weeks during fall of 2021. Loved...
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