Thnx:cool:
Anybody knows the cash margin requirement to be short forex future option? Can;t find the answer on the CME website.
C'mon man, jokes aside, he just gave you 2 valuable pieces of advice: market outlook for directional trades , and to trade SPY one-lot strategies...
Think in risk/reward ratio....4/1000 ? It's suicide. Just my 2c
Well, I wouldn't say that...
Thank you :)
If I wanted to sell OTM strangles on currency, what vehicle would you recommend (in terms of skew and liquidity )?
Then you tell yourself "I was wrong" and find another trade. Don't start "adjusting".
Expiration depends of course on when you think its going to crash. I'd go roughly 5% out.
Buy NDX OTM puts
Not true...the limit is the stock going to zero...:cool:
As a 2008 survivor, all I have to say to this post is +1 and Amen.
Read, read, read, and then read some more. Think about it. And then, when you think you are ready- don't trade real money. Paper-trade for a few...
TOS (Ameritrade)
I've been trading options for 11 years now, and been making 15-17% annually. I know its not sky-high, I have friends that boast 40-50% trading...
Do you apply those as a vega play or a delta one?
ES option spreads trade in quarters. Single options trade in nickel increments. They are very liquid and I trade them a lot.
thank you both.
Atticus, from your experience, what would be the margin requirement for one 3:1 PF on SPY and in ES (Reg T), and do you find the R/R acceptable?
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