Depending on your broker, you would like to enter both trades simultaneously. My broker ( I trade Future options on the ES (emini S&P 500) does...
Look for companies announcing earning during option expiration week. Suppose Apple is announcing earnings, you believe there will be an upward...
More Observations based on presented spreadsheet: When VIX was greater than 18, the short straddle consistently profited. Also, when total...
I beleive that IB an offer "market" orders and simultanoeus executions of legs because they are market makers.
More thoughts on short straddles on ES futres options. I noticed that there may be a liquidity problem when trying to exit a serial future option...
Gofutures .99 per side is correct. Add in the exchange/clearinghouse/brokerage/regulatry/NFA fees of $1.16 for es futures, and you get $2.15 per...
I believe that spreads are not native, for they require the ability to execute market orders based on the desired spread premium. Market orders...
I have been studying Markg's spreadsheet a great deal. Some other observations: the biggest losers occurred when volatility moved upward-or...
GLOBEX only accepts limit orders natively--no stop or other market orders. I believe that stop-limits are accepted. Because market orders are...
I want to share a real-life trade for the April ES Options. I placed a short straddle, using only one contract per side. I am short 1 C1325...
Take a look at Global Futures. I pay about $2.40 per side for ES contracts. This includes all fees. The J-Trader (free platform) has streaming...
I read an interesting post about this. Look for OTM puts with the highest volume and open interest. These probably cost less than $1.00. These...
As of 11:40AM ET, the total premium of the Mar 1350 Call and Put is 77.50. So, since your initial total premium was 82, your profit is 4.50 per...
According to CFTC regs, FCM's must segregate custmer accounts plus the capitalization requirements are much higher than for stock brokers....
I would recommend Global Futures. They have futures, futures options and forex. They have every platform necessary to execute your trades....
doesn't matter--your loss is limited no matter how deep itm you go. It is the OTM situation that causes a problem. Should you just let the short...
I starting selling naked puts (ES) at the end of 2004, when volatiltiy was low. I would sell puts about 3% OTM, set my stop loss at twice the...
I found your short straddle data intriguing, so I took a closer look at some things. First off, the losing months typically occurred during...
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