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Forum: Options August 28th, 2015, 11:03 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
Buying "Teenies"

Following on from Ron's post, this is something I heard about a long time ago from more experienced options traders.

Cutting a long story short, buying a bunch of "teenies" (options trading in...
Forum: Options July 17th, 2015, 03:09 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
Hi Myrrdin, It looks like we both have a...

Hi Myrrdin,

It looks like we both have a similar read on Cotton as we have shorted in some of the same strikes! I'm short calls at 70, 72 and 75, and similarly for puts I'm short at 60, 58, and...
Forum: Options July 17th, 2015, 02:01 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
Cotton!

Hi Myrrdin,

What's your read on Cotton for the medium term? I've found that market to be extraordinarily erratic to say the least for the past couple of months!

If ever an example of why you...
Forum: Options October 24th, 2014, 07:12 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
daydayup8 I believe you have to put the date in...

daydayup8 I believe you have to put the date in the sheet exactly in the same format as the template - so it should be 20141023. Dudetooth can correct me if I'm wrong. As far as I can see the date...
Forum: Options August 11th, 2014, 09:33 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
MGBRoadster I had the same message over the...

MGBRoadster

I had the same message over the weekend. The only way I got Avast to stop auto-deleting the Excel file was to put it in the exclusions list for the FileShield.

You can only put...
Forum: Options May 2nd, 2014, 06:42 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
OEC

OEC = Open E-Cry

They are part of Gain Capital. Standard commision is $1.25, however there is an overnight carrying fee. You can negotiate with them to pay a higher commission in exchange for no...
Forum: Options May 1st, 2014, 08:55 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
RJO Margin

I opened an account with RJO in January of this year for my option selling portfolio. In the 4 odd months I've been using them they are good. Margin is SPAN for all commodities so it should be the...
Forum: Options April 30th, 2014, 01:08 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
Adding to CafeGrand's information. One of my FCMs...

Adding to CafeGrand's information. One of my FCMs did contact me about 2 years ago regarding the ICE fees. At the time, they stated that if you made at least 1 trade on any ICE contract, the the fee...
Forum: Options February 13th, 2014, 11:33 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
What was the volume? Is it a big bet from some...

What was the volume? Is it a big bet from some big fish or just a few of contracts from odd lot traders??
Forum: Options February 8th, 2014, 08:36 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
Wow!

Just clicking the "Thanks" button wasn't adequate to express just how extraordinarily good your Excel SPAN margin calculator sheet is now!! I'm pretty much out of superlatives - I think "Wow" gets...
Forum: Options February 1st, 2014, 11:21 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
SMCJB May I ask, where do you get these...

SMCJB

May I ask, where do you get these early estimate figures from? I assume it's a paid for source rather than a freely available one? It's always good to get these figures in advance.

Thank...
Forum: Commodities January 22nd, 2014, 06:03 AM
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Views: 26,277
Posted By Physicsman
A Spread Trading Book

The book I first read when I started spread trading was "The Complete Guide to Spread Trading" by Keith Schap. I found it to be quite good. Unfortunately, it is out of print! On Amazon, sellers are...
Forum: Options January 10th, 2014, 11:09 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
Jan Ag. Reports

Are you fellows monitoring the major grain markets today to see if an opportunity arises after the release of the Jan WASDE and other grain reports?? In 5 of the last 6 years one of the 3 (Soybeans,...
Forum: Options November 15th, 2013, 02:57 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
Thank you so much to everybody who has responded...

Thank you so much to everybody who has responded - it has been very helpful! For example, I have to think twice about user the Zaner 360 platform now.

No Delta? That's a pain, I'll have to call...
Forum: Options November 15th, 2013, 10:26 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
Option Selling Brokers

Ron, Kevin & any others,

I read in previous posts that you're trying out Decarley brokerage for your option selling portfolio. It would be marvellous if you could share with us how you find it....
Forum: Options July 17th, 2013, 06:41 PM
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Views: 2,001,410
Posted By Physicsman
I suspected that showing my full size size might...

I suspected that showing my full size size might tip my hand and have other traders jump in front - glad to see you thought the same. It's one of the reasons why I asked the question in the first...
Forum: Options July 17th, 2013, 03:54 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
Appreciate your insight Ron! :-) I rarely...

Appreciate your insight Ron! :-)

I rarely hit the bid, but instead try to work an order. I place an order inside the bid/ask spread to become the new top of book on the ask and then work it down...
Forum: Options July 17th, 2013, 12:22 PM
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Posted By Physicsman
Fill Size Strategy

General question I'm throwing out to all the readers of this thread: what is your fill size strategy?

When you see some bids at a price you like on the strikes you are looking at, do you put your...
Forum: Options July 11th, 2013, 09:41 AM
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Posted By Physicsman
Theta - Something to Bear in Mind!

Something to bear in mind when thinking about theta/time decay. The well known statement that time decay is at its greatest about 60 days from expiration is more applicable to at the money (ATM)...
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