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Forum: Options

August 6th, 2013, 10:07 PM

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Posted By Homerjay

Long overdue response

Apologies for the very slow responce!

1. You can order his book from his own website at Trading Education (http://www.iitm.com). He doesn't cover option selling directly so had to apply the...

Forum: Options

March 6th, 2013, 09:18 PM

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Sticky: Selling Options on Futures?

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Posted By Homerjay

I actually use an indicator I created that uses...

I actually use an indicator I created that uses the underlying commodities price behaviour to indentify volatility spikes as an entry filter, I have a few variations for different markets that I've...

Forum: Options

March 5th, 2013, 03:22 PM

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Sticky: Selling Options on Futures?

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Posted By Homerjay

I trade a mechanical system so I didn't...

I trade a mechanical system so I didn't specifically pick the strike but my system generated it, and today I'm showing a +$3.8K open profit on the spread (it's smaller than what you'd model given I'm...

Forum: Options

March 5th, 2013, 07:47 AM

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Sticky: Selling Options on Futures?

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Posted By Homerjay

Thanks MJ888, I have that position on live (along...

Thanks MJ888, I have that position on live (along with several more in other commodity markets) and it's behaving exactly the way the reverse double diagonal spread usually does given the quicker...

Forum: Options

February 24th, 2013, 05:26 PM

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Sticky: Selling Options on Futures?

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Posted By Homerjay

Actually had to drop KC & SB from my system as...

Actually had to drop KC & SB from my system as had trouble getting reasonable fills at the strikes my system indicated, but it works great for markets like ES, GC, CL, W.

1) Yes the commissions...

Forum: Options

February 23rd, 2013, 09:52 PM

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Sticky: Selling Options on Futures?

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Posted By Homerjay

Thanks, I did look into them but remember...

Thanks, I did look into them but remember thinking they didn't support options on futures (unlike OX), but would love to be told otherwise if anyone here has opened a new virutal brokers account...

Forum: Options

February 23rd, 2013, 09:38 PM

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Sticky: Selling Options on Futures?

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Posted By Homerjay

Sure, building it up from basics: � Vertical...

Sure, building it up from basics:
� Vertical spread = same type (call/put), same month, different strikes
� Calendar spread = same type, different months, same strikes
� Diagonal spread = same...

Forum: Options

February 23rd, 2013, 05:57 PM

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Sticky: Selling Options on Futures?

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Posted By Homerjay

IB Margins for Futures Options

Loving this thread, so thank you all. Noticed a lot of comments regarding IB's margins not being that friendly, but for the way I trade they actually work out fine (e.g. In some cases premium >...

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