I put in a Nov 950-800 Put Vert spread, cost about 22. Then added a Sept 30 1125 Call long 36 , Aug 20 1120 Call short 29.60 Calendar Spread,...
I checked out Nov 800-950 Calls, for Globex it shows 295-168 so about 23 cost. Using puts its 15-37 or 22 cost. So using puts seems easier....
Interesting ideas. jj90 will look into that, try it in Hoadley. Ammo, I will compare that to buying a 940 Put, it does have 14 to 1...
Read your stuff. Thanks for putting it together. There is rather amazing expertise on this board, I should read it more often. -Darp
Hi, Been a couple of years since have been on the options board here. I have become quite negative on mkt, and think a crash may be imminent....
Hi Cybercash, Its been a while since I have posted on Elite, saw this thread, and thus checked it out. But every post seems to be made by you,...
Hi Don, SPY was not part of the trade. It was a DITM comparison issue with SPY, as no backwardation but early exercise (and thus comms...
The question is will a SPX Sep-Mar 1700 Put DITM Calendar Spread with the Mar being Long and Sep being Short gain or lose value if the SPX stays...
Will move to new title, SPX DITM Put Calendar Backwardation Vs SPY In case others with Backwardation knowledge have not picked up on this tread...
Don and Xflat, Been looking at it more. If the SPX goes up to the strike the DITM Put Cal will indeed make a good profit (checked the ATM...
Aaron was a character. The first time I met him blew up at me because I said something in defense of Gingrich, who Aaron thought was anti gun...
With the SPY the longer term options are always worth more than the shorter ones. But with SPX the March Puts are worth a lot less than the...
It ate my title, which was got out of 7 for only .10 sprd loss. I put combo trade for 14.90 (15 fair mkt price) so gave up $70 for 2.5 months...
I put combo trade for 14.90 (15 fair mkt price) so gave up $70 for 2.5 months or annualized $350 interest on $10,500 equity tied up or about 3.25%...
good idea, thanks
Thanks spindr. As these days we can make the bid and ask, we can get around the MM, my B+A shows, so another retail customer can hit it, or...
this was in 2005 and maybe he is wrong, but FYI Traders Accounting provides tax consulting, entity formation, tax preparation and 401(k)...
Found this below. I think both Cash and Futures settled would be 1256 tax wise? He did not deal with stock settled for some reason. Are...
I am long the 170s. Am more than willing to wait for expire except the tieup of capital. Am not worried about losing profit. Would guess that...
It is with IB. The 19.80 spread is pretty good idea, just cost $200. On "middle" price I would have to watch it. I do not think I can...
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