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Selling Options on Futures?

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 ron99 
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Has anyone noticed unusually high margin requirements pertaining to selling options on ES recently? I utilize Thinkorswim and regularly sell ES options, however, the margin requirements the past few days has made initiating new positions impractical.

I am not sure if this is an exchange issue or specific to Thinkorswim (although they deny increasing requirements above SPAN minimum).

Any input would be greatly appreciated.


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Give us an example with TOS margin and we will give you SPAN margin for that position.

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Thank you. Mighty nice of you.

Selling one ES January (week 3) 2100 put shows a credit of $300 against a margin requirement of $2570.50. Seems very high.

What do you show?


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Thank you. Mighty nice of you.

Selling one ES January (week 3) 2100 put shows a credit of $300 against a margin requirement of $2570.50. Seems very high.

What do you show?


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Using SPAN margin data for Friday I get $320 premium and $2560 IM.

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 bill20 
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Does that seem high to you or would you say that is typical?


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 ron99 
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Does that seem high to you or would you say that is typical?


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I never trade puts that close to ITM so I can't comment on if it is typical.

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Does that seem high to you or would you say that is typical?


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To me it looks typical, as the option is rather close to the money, and there are not many days until expiry.

I prefer trading options with approx. 100 DTE, which show a lower margin.

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Ron,
Regarding your system, is there an advantage to selling options on futures over selling options on the SPX?


Thanks in advance!

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 ron99 
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Ron,
Regarding your system, is there an advantage to selling options on futures over selling options on the SPX?


Thanks in advance!

ES electronic volume is much higher than SPX. I believe that most SPX trades are done in the pit.

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On 11/28/16 I sold ESh7p1790p1550(2) for 2.25. Exited today at 1.15. Days held was 22. Using 6X IM the monthly ROI was 3.0%.

Sold today ESj7p1800p1540(2) for 2.25.

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I'm not sure why you can't get 20160816. I have it. Make sure there aren't any files dated 20160816 in the C:\Span4\Data folder, including both cme and nyb files, and try again.

One problem I see with your strategy is that you have no protection from an unexpected flash crash.

My current strategy is selling a 5.00 delta ES put buying two 1.50 delta longs at 90+ DTE. Use 6X IM. Exit at 50% drop in net premium.

It is making 26.6% per year. During the backtest it has never has a losing trade for the entire backtest which started 1/1/2013. 48 trades. Largest daily drawdown is 25.6%. Up 33.9% so far this year.

In 47 months it is up 156.1%. That is a yearly compounded 39.9% ROI over the 47 months.

I have attached a spreadsheet with the backtest.

Hi Ron,
This is about exit. Should we not exit also when Acct Balance =100%? Is not this similar to margin call? When this happens, your drawdown may not be small. But I think it is better than big loss. Will be thankful for your opinion.
Regards,
Dilip

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