The b/a seem to be widening. I had to go .15 under the mid to get filled.
Hi Heather: Who is your broker. Seems like a good fill. The new ToS functionality indicates that the SPX would have to be above 1280 to get...
Got filled on the following today: August SPX 1345/1360 bear call at $0.75
Hmmm.... I seem to remember an age-old adage: Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice ...... EDIT: Have you tried clicking on the...
Coach: If we can assume that because the ES is about 10 points higher than the SPX, then an equivalent trade on the SPX might have been the...
Forgot to take the difference in ES and SPX levels into account in my previous post. That probably explains some if not most of the difference....
Just curious. Did you look at the SPX as an alternative for the 1220/1210 July put spread. Current midpoint is $0.85, but I have noticed that...
Why pretend. It looks like I fell for your parody hook, line and sinker. :) But let's not focus on those of us who fell for the parody, but...
Finally, some insight into your trading :) Seriously, were your underlying positions all stocks, all indices or a combination? Stocks, I...
Yes, I would only consider doing naked calls. Also, the margin requirement for naked ES options would be substantially less than SPX (SPX isn't...
For what it's worth: it looks like if naked call options are sold on S&P futures, a similar credit to an SPX bear call credit spread can be...
Congrats, Coach. Best wishes to you, mom and baby.
I dunno, Coach. ET might prevent it given how lengthy your journals get. :) Look forward to it.
Hey, Ryan. Good to hear from you. I thought maybe you'd gone over totally to the CTM side, but see that you were just on vacation. Yeah,...
I'm printing out chapters 1 thru 6 of Cottle's Coulda Woulda Shoulda; the free download. Didn't I hear somewhere that it contains a lot of...
Well, I'm going on vacation next week. I'll be disappointed if there aren't at least 200 posts that I have to wade my way thru when I get back...
Thanks for posting your method for entering positions. On the STO curves, do you wait for a confirmation of the top/bottom before placing the...
Thanks, Jeff: I just completed the application. Plan to paper trade for a while before I actually trade options on futures.
So I'm looking at signing up with IB in order to trade options on futures (eventually). I don't understand this rigamarole on paying for...
I have zero experience with futures so maybe this is a stupid question. I see that Coach often posts that he would short futures in the event of...
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