I believe the CME also gave/gives a large rebate of your fees back if you trade in a LLC and meet certain conditions (without owning/leasing a...
The current market (best bid and ask of all the exchanges quoting) is .83-1.10. I see 2 contracts traded with a last of 1. The 1.10 offer is...
The SPX weekly options now trade on the Hybrid System. Tighter markets and if you see a bid or offer will be traded electronically. The weeklies...
The spread must be entered in nickles in the SPX and OEX and it must trade in nickles, but the prices used may be in pennies. For example you may...
Your spread was rejected because you offered it in pennies. In the SPX is must be in nickels. You can offer it at .25 or .30, but not .27
Are you trying to BUY this put spread for a credit? A change was made awhile ago so you can no longer enter this type of spread into the CBOE...
Although the quoted markets are quite wide the "inside markets" where the options actually trade are fairly tight. Good for a professional, but...
Because you would expect them to be "in the money" when the stock begins to trade. By exercising the Nov 5 puts you are selling the stock for $5....
Even if the options weren't auto exercised, you could still request to exercise your puts even if the are "out of the money".
For those who are having their accounts closed, do you have individual accounts through GS or are you trading through someone?
Absolutely true. I have seen this many times. A customer starts selling out of the money spreads. They make money over and over again. They...
For those of you who are interested in seeing what spreads are currently being offered or bid, the CBOE has a link to the COB, or Complex order...
There has been a customer who has been selling the oex weekly out of the money call spreads each week. Last week they sold over 10,000. Could be...
Just for a heads up, OEX and XEO spreads must trade in .05 increments.
Yes, or to not exercise an in the money option.
You received $47 for this trade less any commissions you had to pay. The risk is that some news comes out before 430 (central time) which causes...
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As was mentioned earlier there is no DPM for the SPX. Instead there are several firms that rotate on a monthly basis for supplying the "Auto...
I just posted this on a discussion in the Journal's forum. Binary options are traded on the SPX and the VIX (BSZ and BVZ) at the CBOE. They...
Binary options are traded on the SPX and the VIX (BSZ and BVZ) at the CBOE. They settle at either 1 or 0 depending whether they are in the money...
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