Thanks Raystonn. Stephen Szpak
ktm ktm wrote: It just seems that a nuke would have been deployed elsewhere if it was that easy to do. Don't forget about biological....
Old Trader wrote: The premise here by Stephan is that he is a day trader concerned with protecting himself in case of a very severe emergency....
ktm ktm wrote: There are some things that you just have to say are so devastating that when you wake up...if you wake up...that the last...
TGregg you wrote: """"Quote from TGregg: OK, an ES September 1k put is .50x3 on IB right now. Are those pure dollars - ie can I buy the...
TGregg It has been a long time since I got into options. I sort of get what you're saying though. The trouble I see here is that once...
TGregg Quote from stephenszpak: . . .once I own the put, and the market crashes, let's say, and I desire to sell the put, someone HAS to...
zf trader ES options do not trade very much but they are pretty easy to arb so if you split the spread you should get a fill. This is a...
winter if you get a margin call the next day after the big event then you need to come up with the money right away, you can't tell your broker...
riskarb One OEX put will adequately hedge one ES contract, provided you're satisfied with losing until you reach the strike[-]premium paid....
zf trader In my experience you are always better to hedge with what you are hedging. I mean that if you want to hedge ES use ES options....
riskarb Something lost in tranlation. All I got was: """One OEX put will adequately hedge one ES contract""" So what does one...
just21 Please comment more if you have time. ""What about ES options on futures on Globex?"" Stephen Szpak
ktm As you saying 5 puts per one long E-mini S&P 500 futures contract? At-the-money puts? Stephen Szpak
If a catagory 5 hurricane is 200 miles from your house and forecasted to come ashore on top of it, I doubt any insurance company will sell you...
(Don't laugh. I don't know much about trading.) A number of years ago I came up with something I called a biased straddle. I displayed a...
Have there ever been any threads about: Protecting a E-mini S&P 500 contract using OEX puts? Were assuming this would be protection...
Steve Thanks. I guess I'll search. I alot of basic questions that have been asked before, I'm sure. Need someone to eventually take...
Steve Actually I asked 4 questions, but I'm sure you saw that. I appreciate the input. Do you have the time/desire to answer basic...
steve46 I couldn't tell from the graph what I was looking at. Was it the E-mini S&P 500? So you shoot for 10 points a day ( up or down...
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