I think around noon EDT. I'll post an updated spreadsheet that compares the Friday SET with the Thursday SPX close this afternoon.
Point taken. I suspect that that will be part of my strategy diversification over the next five or so years.
Here's a chart correlating housing to Personal Consumer Expenditures (PCE). The chart suggests that consumer spending will freeze up which...
Pray tell. What do you intend to trade?
Question for Mav. Right now I'm busy building my business, but in 5 to 7 years, when I plan to retire, I want to become a serious option...
Coach: It looks like your still up even though it's pushing midnight on the East Coast. Here's something I've been wanting to discuss but...
RR: What's the rate if you trade 20+? I recently added money to my account and am starting to trade 20 lots instead of 10.
Jim: Seriously recommend that you consider switching to ToS. Many of us here have and virtually everyone is very happy they did (I think even...
Anybody looking at put diagonals on the SPX? I'm considering the Oct 1250/Nov 1225 which currently has a midpoint debit of $1.50.
About a 18 months ago, I tried "day trading" these credit spreads on the last day and then getting out in the last hour. I was successful every...
RR: I'm getting confused. Isn't the SPY 1/10th of the SPX? So you're talking about the SPY equivalents for the SPX values you mention, right?...
Yeah, I read your earlier post on using the SPY quarterly and it sounds like a good idea. Have you done any trades on these that you'd care to...
Every time I talk to them I mention the thread and how there's a lot of talk about options on futures. I have a couple of days to fund my new...
Spoke with Joel Blum at TOS about options on futures. He reiterated that he expects (hopes) to have these available by the end of the year.
Nice trade. I put the 1375/1390 October bear call on Tuesday (Monday was Labor Day) and only got $0.80. Who was the broker on your trade?
Attached is a ten-year chart that shows a relatively tight correlation between the S&P 500 and the NAHB housing market index. The stock market...
It's looking like there are a lot of interesting possibilities with regular and EOM options on futures. I'm gonna have to call Joel again at ToS...
Murray: The position is a reverse diagonal, i.e. the short option is in the back month. I think your response assumes that the short option...
I'm curious about how the following diagonal would have been settled this month. Assume the following position: BTO SPX August 1325 call...
The last couple of months have been really good for bear calls and I did very well. Since I've been posting my good results I need to be fair and...
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