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  1. Hedging GBP/USD Risk Through Options

    Hi, my base currency is USD and I want to buy a stock that is denominated in GBP (and also the company's revenues are in GBP). Considering...
    Thread by: lightrader, Jun 1, 2012, 29 replies, in forum: Options

  2. "Fixing" Options Trades

    Don, thanks for your elaborate responses. I understand what you are saying, but I am afraid that if there will be such a black swan day, it is...
    Post by: lightrader, Mar 27, 2012 in forum: Options

  3. "Fixing" Options Trades

    How do you adjust if gap risk materializes (for example, if some major unexpected event happens that causes all the market to open with a large...
    Post by: lightrader, Mar 26, 2012 in forum: Options

  4. "Fixing" Options Trades

    Do you mean selling a new option (in addition to the position that I already opened)? Isn't it just increase the risk since my exposure will be to...
    Post by: lightrader, Mar 24, 2012 in forum: Options

  5. "Fixing" Options Trades

    Hi, I consider using a strategy that involves selling OTM short puts on good companies to capture time decay and possible price appreciation of...
    Thread by: lightrader, Mar 24, 2012, 48 replies, in forum: Options

  6. return calculations

    Thanks for your insights. When you say "capital usage of 50% or below" do you mean that if I have 100k cash in my account my options margin...
    Post by: lightrader, Feb 21, 2012 in forum: Options

  7. return calculations

    I want to do it first for myself, but if the results will be satisfactory I may use it in the future as a track record (and I know that there are...
    Post by: lightrader, Feb 20, 2012 in forum: Options

  8. return calculations

    I may have misunderstood this issue, but I thought that returns are calculated just on the margin that was actually required (or the average...
    Post by: lightrader, Feb 19, 2012 in forum: Options

  9. return calculations

    Thanks for the response. Not everyone who shorts options is basically "naked", especially if he keeps enough cash aside to buy the stocks in case...
    Post by: lightrader, Feb 19, 2012 in forum: Options

  10. return calculations

    Any reponse, please?
    Post by: lightrader, Feb 18, 2012 in forum: Options

  11. Risk in holding conversions/reversals to expiration?

    So that means that they use conversion/reversal mainly for closing positions, not as pure arb opportunities? Also, is it possible to enter into...
    Post by: lightrader, Feb 17, 2012 in forum: Options

  12. return calculations

    Hi, basic question - when calculating return on margin for a certain month (let's assume that the account only includes short options), do you...
    Thread by: lightrader, Feb 17, 2012, 15 replies, in forum: Options

  13. Risk in holding conversions/reversals to expiration?

    When you said that conversions/reversals are also widespread today, do you mean that traders are trading conversions/reversals by using spread...
    Post by: lightrader, Feb 17, 2012 in forum: Options

  14. market data fees for "professional customer"

    I am referring mainly to the options exchanges (such as CBOE and ISE) but generally I want to understand if the exchanges (and therefore the...
    Post by: lightrader, Aug 26, 2011 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  15. market data fees for "professional customer"

    Thanks for your answer. I want to understand if in case the broker allows such delayed data and I am considered "professional" for market fee...
    Post by: lightrader, Aug 26, 2011 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  16. market data fees for "professional customer"

    Hi, I want to understand if an active trader who trades for a living but trades only with his own money (and not with money of any other people)...
    Thread by: lightrader, Aug 26, 2011, 11 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  17. market data fees for "professional customer"

    Thanks for the answers. All the market data fees issue seems to me pretty arcane as an issue that was relevant mainly to the times when such...
    Post by: lightrader, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  18. market data fees for "professional customer"

    Hi, I want to understand if an active trader who trades for a living but trades only with his own money (and not with money of any other people)...
    Thread by: lightrader, Aug 24, 2011, 4 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  19. liquid index options

    I already searched in google but I didn't find an updated website that concentrates the volume data regarding the many index options that are...
    Post by: lightrader, Jul 30, 2011 in forum: Options

  20. liquid index options

    really? not the DAX, the SPX or other indexes? where can I see some information about volumes? thanks
    Post by: lightrader, Jul 29, 2011 in forum: Options
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