sold 1.54 in jul/aug again.... (i had actually done this at yesterdays close but didnt post till now)
out at 1.47. very small pnl, and as soon as i got out it went to 1.39. whoops, but wasnt exactly sure where it would go at this point, so wanted...
yep - i am aware. i will be out by teusday at close, i appreciate you looking out though :)
yes
a little ballsy.. maybe should have gone a little further on the curve, but sold jul/aug 1.54 this has a pretty tight stop on it.
as mentioned, here is my YTD performance for the first half of the year. things got a little choppy for me recently as i'm still figuring...
this is bad for smaller players (small hedge funds, people trading their own money, etc..) as it now significantly reduces their potential return...
i just spoke to the guy Jim (his name is on the bottom of the circular) - it is effective at the close today and it is planned to be something...
i don't see the new requirements effective yet. has anyone experienced hikes like this before? would they not come until 9:30 when spot and...
http://cfe.cboe.com/framed/PDFframed.aspx?content=/publish/CFEregcirc/CFERG13-019.pdf§ion=SEC_ABOUT_CFE&title=CBOE%20-%20CBOE it seems...
i've gotta thank some users here as i closed legs of my fly at different times. i legged out of the short calendar aug/sep leg at 0.37 a few days...
thanks for getting back. i guess i need to study up more on the dynamics as clearly i thought it would be inverted by now and 1) it isn't 2) you...
Has anyone use the IB api in excel to pull all listed options for a given underlyer? i've been trying to find an easy way to do this without...
a few reason: 1) i was looking historically in 07, which was the only other time period i saw where we were reaching levels of spot vix 20...
today was a really confusing day for me. given how much es was moving, i thought there would be a lot more action in the spreads, but they weren't...
looking like i was wrong here.
adding position to aug/sep spread. i think it should be between 15-25 given vol levels and the rest of the curve.. and if we get a move down...
actually what i traded is a vix futures fly. the position is +1x aug/ -2x sep / +1 oct i hope that your prediction of the new range is...
i accepted a fill at 18 a little before the close.
long time since i've posted here, but i'm thinking of starting to do it a little more. i am debating selling the aug/sep/oct fly near 20 into...
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