can depend on a number of things. you may have access to better commission rates, better connections, more leverage, lower borrowing costs, etc....
in my experience, if you need/want to put on or alter a position, it will cost you money worrying about a few pennies. usually, something is...
i think you are missing a zero
both those exchanges fall under the SEC, so i'd guess yes.
huh??
J-Law nailed it. being short premium is all about managing risk. when i'm short premium, if i lost money due to vol, i'm ok. it's when the...
look at the range of the market and at how wide your condors are. that's what makes money. if you started this 2 years ago and didn't get run...
4 year bump? wow.
markets are definitely imperfect. certain people definitely have more access to information flow than others.
you will need to give up the bid/ask twice as many times and it will be a wider spread.
almost everything used to trade in fractions. the never moved to decimals. personally, i don't think it matters.
your flies are so tight, it's like a shot in the dark. granted i don't know how much you want to risk, but you may want to try some wider flies....
why not just go long the straddle?
it's relatively close to the all time high. i think vol goes higher with the idea of an unknown upside on the rally and comes off due to just...
taking out the first 3 bids seems reasonable to me to send 100 futs into the market. it's only .30, or essentially the bid/ask for the ES fut...
TF futures are much thinner than when that contract traded on the CME. previously, you could easily buy or sell 100 futures at the market and get...
generally speaking, ETF's and their corresponding futures trade in a tight range. the range does move though. there are plenty of computers...
maybe i've never looked at the models close enough, but i've never noticed a change in the vol when anything went ex-div.
what have you been doing and why are you changing it if works? least maintainence would be long premium.
generally i have noticed some of the decay come out friday for the weekend. usually monday, more comes out. assuming we open at approx. the same...
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