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Where do options sit in the market

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 8, 2009 9:59am Mar 8, 2009 9:59am
Does anyone have any solid information on how to guage where key option levels are being played in the market?

I thought it might be a good idea to list these resources in a thread if they exist.
  • #2
  • Mar 8, 2009 11:09am Mar 8, 2009 11:09am
Options? You mean futures.

CME has futures on the Euro - maybe others too.
  • #3
  • Mar 9, 2009 5:07pm Mar 9, 2009 5:07pm
No. I mean options, not forward contracts on globex

Quoting tdion
Options? You mean futures.

CME has futures on the Euro - maybe others too.
  • #4
  • Mar 9, 2009 5:10pm Mar 9, 2009 5:10pm
Quoting bearded_clam
No. I mean options, not forward contracts on globex
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IFR thompson gives some options data
  • #5
  • Mar 9, 2009 5:13pm Mar 9, 2009 5:13pm
You could just sign up for an options broker...
  • #6
  • Mar 9, 2009 6:11pm Mar 9, 2009 6:11pm
options technically don't sit in the market. tdion was right. the actual futures contracts that the options contracts represent sit in the market. remember, options are the rights to buy or sell a contract, they aren't an actual asset. they are the right to purchase/sell an asset, so a non-asset can't take up "market space" or have any specific level. options also arent always excersised. you can know the strike price of all the options contracts in the market, but if none of them are excersied, it means absolutely nothing.
  • #7
  • Mar 9, 2009 7:28pm Mar 9, 2009 7:28pm
Quoting blacksun1
options technically don't sit in the market. tdion was right. the actual futures contracts that the options contracts represent sit in the market. remember, options are the rights to buy or sell a contract, they aren't an actual asset. they are the right to purchase/sell an asset, so a non-asset can't take up "market space" or have any specific level. options also arent always excersised. you can know the strike price of all the options contracts in the market, but if none of them are excersied, it means absolutely nothing.
I assume we are talking about barrier/exotic options here. These levels can be attacked or defended...
  • #8
  • Mar 12, 2009 3:24am Mar 12, 2009 3:24am
Quoting BlackMage
I assume we are talking about barrier/exotic options here. These levels can be attacked or defended...
how we know what is the most problably?

thanks in advance.
  • #9
  • Mar 12, 2009 7:18pm Mar 12, 2009 7:18pm
As mbqb11 noted, IFR Markest would be a place to look.

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  • #10
  • Mar 20, 2009 5:23pm Mar 20, 2009 5:23pm
i use Oanda, but Java is a disgrace. Java and Flash are 100% useless technology. Things that were possible to use with a 486 (hey, before numbers the correct is "a" or "an"?) now are impossible due use of Java, Flash and PDF too.

for example, for news NNTP will works way better. Even in a Odissey would works.

i am having a bad time using this Oanda plugin.
  • #11
  • Last Post: Mar 20, 2009 6:56pm Mar 20, 2009 6:56pm
Options sitting somewhere don't mean anything. Options being 60% of the actual "real" volume matters. Add to that the fact they are all priced at either .50 or .0000, this explains S/R lines almost always sitting at those areas.

Not to mention that most people are simple, so why would they place orders anywhere BUT round numbers? lol
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