Not sure what "lots" means (25%, 50% o5 75$) nor how you are defining a "small account" (e.g. 2,000, 10,000, more) My account is pretty decent...
Thanks. It's my policy/practice to open and close vertical spreads as a spread and not leg into or out of a spread position. I used to close out...
Been doing it for a number of years. No assignment because the /ES options are European style (except for the options that expire this coming...
No, no assignments.
I prefer credit spreads because thy offer Limited (i.e. defined) risk. Yes, Tom Sosnoff and Tom Preston and the rest of the tastytrade gang seem...
Yes, trade often trade small. The Sosnoff/tastyworks mantra. Although that was my style before tastyworks/tastytrade came into vouge. As to...
No, I stick to vertical spreads. I have looked into trading the others but I like simplicity. Straight verticals work best for me, Best
"Point your browser to http://google.com and type in the search bar "options, puts. calls." You'll come up with 104,000,000 hits. Start there....
Generally I limit my positions to 2% or less of my portfolio. That gets me about 10 contacts of the /ES, 5 on the Put and 5 on Call side. I look...
Hopefully it wasn't a mouthful of Old Rip Van Winkle ‘Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve’ 23. Best
Yes. I trade the /ES Weeklys (and EOM) profitably (with the occasional (but contained) loss of course.) Sometimes I sell the Monday Weeklys,...
If I recall correctly the SPX options (and VIX) start at 3:00 a.m. (ET) and go to 9:15 a.m (ET) then regular core trading hours from 9:30 a.m....
Not sure what you're talking about i.e. 12am. There are no "extended hours" for futures options. The E-mini S&P 500 options trade on CME's Globex:...
The SPX options have a large notional value. 100x the Index. Today the SPX is trading at 3643 (+/-) so the notional value is, roughly,...
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