I described what I did few posts ago: Few weeks ago I sold RUT Jan 650/660 bear call spread for $1.25 credit. RUT was at 598. My plan was to...
Margin requirements for iron condor are actually lower than for naked options. If you sell RUT IC for $2.5 credit, your margin requirement is...
Itâs pretty simple. When you sell a credit spread (650/660 call for example), you are short 650 call and long 660 call. Since 650 call is more...
That makes sense, but why is it different in SPY options? If you look at SPY options, the spread is also getting wider if you go further from...
I understand that ES option multiplier is 50, correct? So I would need twice as many contracts compared to SPX. Since it is direct routing, the...
Okay, here is an example of butterfly: Few weeks ago I sold RUT Jan 650/660 bear call spread for $1.25 credit. RUT was at 598. My plan was to...
So basically trading those spreads is similar to RUT or SPX? You prefer them for better liquidity? One technical question: in IB, ES pop-up...
How do you track those trades? I'm using MSNStockQuote in excel for tracking, but I wasn't able to find those options in MSN Money.
How did you get the screen that you attached? Thanks again for your help.
I noticed that there are options expiring every week - which ones do you usually choose? What fills are you getting - buying spread that has...
This is very interesting. Could you please give some more details? What kind of trades (calendars?), maybe some examples?
I never traded them, but it might be not a bad idea. Can someone explain how they work? What about liquidity and slippage?
I did some quick checking comparing SPY and SPX using feb/mar 113 call calendar. The following bid/ask data was available when I was doing the...
14% is an average return on margin for iron condor trades. An average trade is around 5-7 weeks. It includes 10 trades, 8 winners and 2 losers.
Iâm currently doing calendars on ETF and indexes. SPY calendars work pretty good, but they are very expensive commissions wise. Typical one...
I'm trading butterflys usually as a hedge and not standalone trade. I know that people trade GOOG butterflys and it works pretty well.
I my 6 years of trading, I personally had much more success in selling options than buying them. This is the only area that I was able...
Please see this article - http://www.cxoadvisory.com/blog/external/blog4-23-09/ ⢠Individual investors comprise the least successful group of...
This trade was a pure gambling. According to options software: Return if unchanged: -9.9% Probability of success: 45%. And like...
http://www.cxoadvisory.com/blog/external/blog4-23-09/ This article basically confirms my claims: Individual investors comprise the least...
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