Rally, Great post and analysis. One question: why do you say tomorrow will be a better day than today to open MAY put spreads... on a reversal? I...
Rally, It'd be great if you could post a similar analysis with a weekly chart of SPX.
Sailing, Now use 20% of your total credit to buy some May 1265/1275 (or 50/60 or whatever around that area) put spreads and good things might...
OK, I'll wait for an explanation. The confusion arises because the cash is supposed to be an amalgam of the 500 stocks that comprise it.......
Today's action shows how the futures are being pushed down first, and then being followed by SPX (assuming there is no lag in my realtime quotes...
Looking at some put spreads, MAY 1195/1205 or 1200/1210 for 0.50, but wondering if this Iran/nuke thing will cause a meltdown.....
Nice, long overdue panic selloff underway.... as long as the mid-day reversal does not kick in. VIX moving steadily higher the last few days....
Yes, but there are distinct advantages to using futures to hedge an upward move in the market whereas it's better to use SPY puts to hedge a...
Coach, thanks... I'm actually following this thought from another thread... I should have mentioned that I'm considering using futures to hedge...
Coach (and anyone else), Is anyone actively hedging their spreads or ICs when the market goes against you by going long/short the futures?...
ktm, I'm guessing you hold the futures overnight, perhaps for several days, as long as your trend-following indicator is pointing up? If you...
ktm, We've exchanged posts on another thread and I found your advice to be excellent. You described how you create "profit zones" within a...
Was tempted to sell some put spreads today but decided not to....... the market seemed "unhealthy" today...... am guessing we'll see more of this.
Why do you use IB?
ok, maybe because of the short covering that happens on Fridays......
What the TOS guys have told me is that the fill depends on what the SP futures is trading at, not SPX.
Thinking short term, I think Jason's thesis depends on whether we see a) the good 'ole intraday reversal that takes hold around 1:30pm EST, or...
Rallymode, I'm debating about the monthly insurance versus buying, say, a whole year's worth at one time. The problem with the latter is that...
Coach - this is quite clever. 1) Have you tried modelling it in the TOS Analyze page? 2) What are the tradeoffs of buying VIX options with...
Is anyone having success these days getting filled at TOS? It seems their software gives a mid, say $0.80, but when they call down to the floor to...
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