Cool. I am not trading any where near 50K boxes (I was still under the impression that they limited boxes to 2K) so I am not going to be worried. Speaking of pips, a box I had was hit today. It was a miss box at 1.2912 and apparently the high was at 1.2914 before plummeting to the 1.2770 mark. Ended up with a wash trade but those trades can be frustrating as hell.
the short box is almost synthetically = to short strangle , but costs more (higher spread for ITM options). Looks like you planning short nonaggressive gamma scalping at barriers. Stop losses are worthless when big moves in spot occurs overnight ( and they do). Whipsaw is your enemy. You need a good low alpha candidates to do good. Good luck
Ahh I didn't know that. Way to make a client's life hell though in case you need to quickly close out a position for whatever reason.
IV> I am actually going to limit myself to the week (Monday-Friday when exotics are traded) so technically I have no "overnights" but a gap will definitely hurt me. Large whipsaws from +100 to -100 are my enemies for sure. BTW guys is there any reference or website when I can read up on using exotics to replicate vanilla positions (straddles, strangles, collars)? Thanks all the responses.
I don't know if one is exists. Ones I spend couple of days on replication and failed miserably. Should of listen to B , the waver of going beyond the strike/barrier(in exotics) makes comp between vanilla and exotics almost irrelevant. Right , Risk ?
Bought the NDX double barrier no touch expiring on the 30th. Paid 505/1000 payout. Lower/upper barriers: 1515//1595
Someone sent me an excellent replication today in email. Anyone interested should send a large check, payable to cash. Thank you.
those are good odds/payout considering the fact that indices' HV printed single digits lately . Good luck , B