Like all strategies' I'll have to get a feel for it with real money. That's how i learned my ratio spreads. Nothing like trading to get a feel for...
Yes i prefer a CALL above and a PUT below the index, so they're both out the money. I prefer trading OTM stuff than ITM. And you're right, OTM...
You're right and i agree. But my concern is that the index moves away from my calender strikes, hence my double calender. If the index is moving...
Hi, Looking for a bit of advice as i know you trade a lot of calenders. Am i correct in saying, when i put in a long calender (short front...
Hi Jaques I actually like a bear market as long as there are no mini black swans. Hi vol and plenty of juice in premium I currently only do...
I hear ya.... I find the key is as to how wide my spreads are. That's one of the ingredients in my secret sauce :D Good trading to you and may...
Not trying to inflate my ego here mate, just stating the facts since you are trying so hard to make it sound like it's so hard to make money and...
According to Big Charts, the SPX PE ratio is actually 17.44. So i think you're off the mark at 14.
Thanks for yr reply. So your liquidation value didn't look too crash hot either ha ha. I remember a year or two back when Coach was saying that...
Oh i just want to add that i was very frustrated when VIX was 35 and ES was around 1380 because I was dying to write more ratio spreads but had no...
Hi Domestic, Unfortunate to hear that you are down 5% of your capital this month. On the other hand, that's not bad considering that the market...
Your funds will be safe if IB were to go bust. The money is deposited with Citibank and IB cant touch it if it were to go under.
If anyone in interested in additional good info on pairs trading, check out "Andy's spread trading journal" on elitetrader. He shows you his...
Does anyone know if pairs trading can be done on the futures indexes? eg buying the ES and selling the ER2 or vice versa?
Agreed, its fraud, accounting fraud....misleading investors with rosy pictures while the company was sinking etc etc..saw the doco. But im sure...
Lose billions in a company like Enron and you go to jail. Lose 6 billion in a hedge fund and you get rewarded with more funds to start another...
Vic would have been hit hard using his naked PUT options selling strategy during the downturn from the mid 2000 to mid 2002 period. Just look at...
Plenty of other strategies were mentioned in the past. But mainly set up so a credit was received on opening a spread. such as 1. Debit double...
Agree with your statement. But the problem is most of the people on this thread are credit spreaders, hence the journal name SPX Credit Spread...
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