The only thing that concerns me at this point is how much foreign money is leveraged in from afar and will retract to cover margin requirements...
Big Time - surf's UP! I was able to put on a whole new block on the put side for the same premium as I got originally in this month but 100%...
woohoo ! awesome waves today. SPX down 17 and people panicking. Great volatility! kooowaaabunga! TS
The general problem with land is that there are real carrying costs such as tax that act like inflation moths to constantly nibble away at your...
Traders - be on your toes this week. I expect to see a moderate to large volatility swing as we have a packed economic report schedule. This could...
it's easy to tell the serious ones from the wanna-bees. The real thing are the ones with the big smiles on their faces knowing they have a...
Mark may have more insight but I know there are at least 4 serious SPX market makers provided by Morgan Stanley, Citi Bank, Merill Lynch and...
When I think about these kinds of situations I can only conclude that there must be a lot of money to be routinely made in the b/a spreads on...
hehe - I just found a way to train the lazy SPX options market maker(s) to do what I want him to do to get in today. Yesterday I could not get...
Good for you. I am having a heck of a time getting reasonable executions today on SPX. Trying to sell some put credit spreads around the 1400 mark...
Sure - no problem. I generally don't preannouce what I plan to do until after the deed is done hehe. I don't want to accidentally get someone...
I use a 3-tiered cash system . It has the advantage of yielding me the max average interest I can from my short term cash while also providing...
No - the options are too thinly traded and that means that it would be very hard to get good fills and fair prices on either the long or the short...
Speaking for myself this IS my regular/routine cash income. Proceeds all go into one huge trading account. I typically push my premium credits...
oops - hang-over induced brain fart here. In the above forgo the comparison to debit-spread I meant to say credit-spread. At any rate, its a...
Mech this is a conceptually interesting position. Do you have a link reference to this "Mickey Mouse Ear" spread? The PL plot has some interesting...
My RUT settlement symbol .RLS shows it at 812.22 as of 12:09 PM EST. Are you connected "live" to the Internet or have a loose network connection?...
Front month February SPX Credit spreads turned out pretty well. I held all positions through expiration. With FEB SET posting in at 1452.26 here...
Yeah - I got a small position (only 700 shares) in MED as a side bet. I bought on a dip and am looking for a fast trade but can go longer if need...
Well I elected to stay through expiration. This SPX CALL 1470/1480 spread position is now looking almost as good as locked down and successful. We...
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