There is no buyer on the other end when exercising an option. Do you mean selling your option? If so, yes, a buyer always wants to pay a lower...
There is plenty of information online that outlines the basics of options. Keep reading, that is the only way you will learn. But to answer your...
No, it should be $500....
Under Time-in-force (TIF) select OPG.
I don't trade oil or any energy products. There's no particular reason for that other than it's just not what I specialize in.
The May contract has expired. The front month contract is June, which is trading at ~$14 x 1,000 = ~$14,000 notional value. The current margin...
I didn't think of doing a synthetic short. Much safer play IMO.
It makes sense for them to do this given the price. I wonder if this is also a way for them to resume accepting new creation units and issuing...
Because that is not how the contract is designed. It would be like saying why can't you put diesel and a gasoline engine.
@bone was referring to Monday's daily settlement on Monday, not the final settlement on Tuesday. Most clearing firms require customers who don't...
I realize you are just making a shit post (or at least I hope you are) but taking delivery on grains where you receive a warehouse receipt /...
Since it sounds like you were, why don't you explain it to me? Make sure not to use words that are too big, I tend to get confused easily.
How is that relevant here?
On Black Monday S&P futures declined 29%. The points are less relevant than the percentage.
I'd say long USO is worse because of the premium but I get where you are coming from. If I had a gun to my head I would go long the future and an...
Here's an interesting article (along with comments) that addresses some of what I have pointed out in regards to USO over the past few weeks:...
Short USO, go long CLM0 (future). I can imagine a lot of people will be trying to do this which could make the stock hard to borrow. Imagine...
USO is now trading at a 36% premium of it's NAV as of yesterday. This is because they need approval from the SEC to issue more shares. Until...
I pulled them out of my ass so it's not a hard and fast number. I have not read the liquidation part of the prospectus so keep that in mind....
As Sig said, you can read the prospectus to see under what situations the fund would liquidate it's holdings. If it did so, it would then...
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