LoosenUp, Before I respond, let me first say that this is my personal approach and is not one probably advocated by most people on this thread....
Skanan, Just wanted to say, keep it up. I trade credit spreads on the XEO myself occasionally so might contribute here now and then. Mostly...
lol. Pretty much yeah. If you are communicating with the trade desk via Live Support rather than phone, they seem to be able to pick up your order...
I think we can all agree that, anectodal evidence aside, when it comes to pit traded options (grrr...) there's not much to choose from between...
Piccon, I'm not Coach obviously and I'm sure he'll answer this for you in due course. In the mean time, here is a second opinion worth about as...
My 2 cents: The thing is, if you are good enough to pick direction for legging in to spreads then why bother spreading at all? Why not go for...
For those that don't know, ToS also support commission structures from several other brokerages if you are switching from them e.g. Ameritrade,...
Donna, If you're with ToS you can also use the live support feature for getting fills if you're more comfortable typing rather than phoning....
Just wanted to check with you. You're aware that VIX changed a couple of years ago? Not sure if your historical data takes that into account....
Believe me, your work has not gone unnoticed! Although I don't trade the SPX and hence VIX is not relevant, I do apply similar thinking to what...
lol. Well if you want to take advantage of the madness and rising volatility you could go long straddles, backspreads, diagonals or has been...
I don't want to start a fight :) but I think it's important to resist the notion that credit spreads are "designed" or "meant" to be used in any...
That would explain the larger than normal open interest in the 310, 320 and 330 call series options.
Thanks, that's good to know about the separate accounts. Hadn't got that far into the investigation though they do say on their website that they...
lol, I have some short 545 strikes that have been violated 3 times in 2 weeks now but I'm just letting it ride...all part of the fun :p Not an...
There's a not completely useless book that discusses credit spreads on futures options if you're interested:...
lol. Could be the arbs jumping on the rally to balance their books for the month. Classic signs of large buy programs. It just ain't stoppin'....
Fair enough, squeeze away. I do not trade the SPX since she and I are not on good terms lol but I've always suspected that SET risk is a...
Doh! Beat me to it. Words from my mouth lol. Must have missed when you rolled down your XEO bear call spread to 555. Thought you were brave...
So the answer to this question was...?
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