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  • #7,961
  • Mar 31, 2015 9:41pm Mar 31, 2015 9:41pm
The parity trip. FXE IVR >90%...Sell call spreads to fund put spreads or outright long puts....
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  • #7,962
  • Apr 1, 2015 7:45am Apr 1, 2015 7:45am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} crude futures low is 47.16, will wait for china manufacturing data if bad will short crude on a little pullback
CG, do you understand these movements on inventories? Number is bigger than expected, and yet it is climbing again...
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  • #7,963
  • Apr 1, 2015 9:50am Apr 1, 2015 9:50am
I entered (by legging in, since no luck otherwise) AMZN Apr 380/385 Bear Call Spread for $1.20 CR....

Margin req are too large for selling naked options on my account... Looking at weekly and daily chart, seems like a dip before earnings (announced for Apr 23), and a resistance at $380...

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  • #7,964
  • Apr 1, 2015 11:04am Apr 1, 2015 11:04am
Quoting StrayDog;8176582[B
]Looking at /CL options... [/b]I checked permission to trade futures options, to see premium there... So, I am looking at puts and calls $8 OTM. {image} So, basically equidistant puts are 2x the calls, understandable... Multiplier is 1,000 just like for the futures, meaning that May 40 put with 45 DTE is $250... (0.25)
I made a mistake here, since Oil May contracts actually expire in April... it is the same for /CL futures and /CL futures options... So that May options I looked yesterday did't had 45 DTE, but much less, since they expire on Apr 16th... Like 17 DTE yesterday... Nice premium for 17 DTE...

here are the May 56 call... May call, expires on Apr 16... it is now about $0.25 (or 250 bucks baby)
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Had one small short on USO, when CL was $49.90... beer money, since I do not have any levels here...
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  • #7,965
  • Apr 1, 2015 11:10am Apr 1, 2015 11:10am
Quoting StrayDog
... Had one small short on USO, when CL was $49.90... beer money, since I do not have any levels here...
pffff.... didn't see that in time... fibo 61.8 retracement

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when I missed the bull party... I wanted to fade the mofo somewhere... well...
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  • #7,966
  • Apr 1, 2015 1:17pm Apr 1, 2015 1:17pm
No time to trade today. No trades = no money lost. WA lotto today is $6.5 million......
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  • #7,967
  • Apr 1, 2015 9:35pm Apr 1, 2015 9:35pm
this was the largest options trade for Wednesday, somebody is bearish WTI. They did near 100,000 of these bear put vert spreads....a $5 million bet. If/when Iran gets a deal done, that will reinforce the oil bear case....about a 3x max return on the spread...
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  • #7,968
  • Apr 1, 2015 10:21pm Apr 1, 2015 10:21pm
EEM puts/calls running 4:1. Lotsa June $38 puts traded today, various spreads. EEM 3-yr low is $36.16. Options traders betting Fed hiking...me I would not sacrifice too much on a short EEM trade.
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  • #7,969
  • Apr 1, 2015 10:24pm Apr 1, 2015 10:24pm
Jun SPY $190/185/180 puts fly debits $18, has a maxP at expiry of $316.5...even at May expiry there's good max return, with huge profit range $202 down to $163....
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  • #7,970
  • Apr 1, 2015 10:51pm Apr 1, 2015 10:51pm
I like these long-dated flies, Sep SPY $189/183/$177 debit $0.23, maxP at expiry is $4.15. At Jul expiry, the profit range is $204.25 down to $156, with a maxP of $0.62 at around $178....

The huge profit range in the mid-term of the trade is attractive: if things work out, close part of the trade to move it towards b/e, let the rest ride.
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  • #7,971
  • Apr 1, 2015 11:13pm Apr 1, 2015 11:13pm
QQQ caught a nice bounce Wed close, but /NQ pointing to a gap down at the open Thur, I may look to blow another $40-$50 on a long call scalp with hours to expiry...see how it goes on the open & maybe go long $106 calls if it looks possible
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  • #7,972
  • Apr 1, 2015 11:19pm Apr 1, 2015 11:19pm
another end-week scalp idea is USO - it should gap down at the open but may fall further if there is any kind of news from the Iran talks, look at $17 puts
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  • #7,973
  • Apr 1, 2015 11:30pm Apr 1, 2015 11:30pm
2c mid on this Oct USO call fly, fat chance getting filled
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  • #7,974
  • Apr 2, 2015 3:04am Apr 2, 2015 3:04am
Quoting The Fool
another end-week scalp idea is USO - it should gap down at the open but may fall further if there is any kind of news from the Iran talks, look at $17 puts
Interested in such scalps, would go in puts if situation is good, but only if I can get in under 5 cents...

Market can be really quiet before holidays, but also in lack of liquidity t can produce good moves in final hours... looking also at expensive stocks, AMZN, NFLX, maybe AAPL, TSLA...
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  • #7,975
  • Apr 2, 2015 6:55am Apr 2, 2015 6:55am
Quoting StrayDog
{quote} Interested in such scalps, would go in puts if situation is good, but only if I can get in under 5 cents... Market can be really quiet before holidays, but also in lack of liquidity t can produce good moves in final hours... looking also at expensive stocks, AMZN, NFLX, maybe AAPL, TSLA...
missed by 1 second getting in QQQ $106 calls for $0.03, will call it a paper trade

USO $17 puts for $0.02...not sure
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  • #7,976
  • Apr 2, 2015 7:10am Apr 2, 2015 7:10am
mids are a teaser....maxP on this fly is a bajillion dollars, hope it fills
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  • #7,977
  • Apr 2, 2015 7:10am Apr 2, 2015 7:10am
Quoting The Fool
{quote} missed by 1 second getting in QQQ $106 calls for $0.03, will call it a paper trade USO $17 puts for $0.02...not sure
Better choice IMO would be 105.50 calls... always look for the nearest strike if you can get it cheap... Learned that from CG and from my experience...
Lets practice these gamma scalps each Friday (or whatever the last day in the week )...
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  • #7,978
  • Apr 2, 2015 7:12am Apr 2, 2015 7:12am
Quoting The Fool
mids are a teaser....maxP on this fly is a bajillion dollars, hope it fills {image}
Hope never dies... Many times I had to leg in just to enter the trade... MMBTCHZ...

Ah, you made a slightly broken wing fly to get it cheaper... $6 up and $7 down... $100 margin req...
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  • #7,979
  • Apr 2, 2015 7:19am Apr 2, 2015 7:19am
Quoting StrayDog
{quote} Better choice IMO would be 105.50 calls... always look for the nearest strike if you can get it cheap... Learned that from CG and from my experience... Lets practice these gamma scalps each Friday (or whatever the last day in the week )...
ok, USO has dipped below $17.50 - get the $17 calls for $0.04?...long way down there, not sure I trust USO to move....
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  • #7,980
  • Apr 2, 2015 7:26am Apr 2, 2015 7:26am
Quoting StrayDog
Ah, you made a slightly broken wing fly to get it cheaper... $6 up and $7 down... $100 margin req...
wasn't filling, trying symmetrical Sep $190/$185/$180 puts for $0.16, best liquidity on those strikes I spec....
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