Recent content by Alessiop

It looks like you are talking about binary options, not real forex options, the title of this thread is misleading. Secondly, don't call the company you use a 'broker' because it is not. Just call it 'betting company'.

I think X-Study, a plug-in of X-Trader, allows spread charting

Hi, i remember trade bullet and tradebolt.. I have used WideTrader for many years (is an italian company, this software has been around for 8/9 years), BUT only market orders and not really user friendly. Then I started to use a bridge provided by my broker here in UK that replicates all orders...

what a waste of time...i really thought this thread could have been interesting...and then what? "only UK broker offering FX options to retail" is a broker in Marshall Islands? just few days ago heard about a guy that made a similar investment there and his money disappeared. Btw I used to...

Initial exchange margin is $36.72 per lot, equal to $18,360 for 500 lots. IB is applying you a 10% extra margin, if I remember well they do increase margins for naked options and concentration risk (in case this is your only position).

On the first message you forgot to mention the most important parameters: maturity and volatility. I see you posted them in this message, but if you can provide the exact details (underlying ticker and maturity) I may be able to give you exchange margins. Forget BSM formula, exchanges have their...

To be honest with you, if trades in question were executed and/or cleared through ADM, it would be really unlikely that no one there had noticed something was smelly...Bear in mind that, quoting the article, "ICE presented its concerns to the police"...straight to the police! Market supervisors...

Hi, At expiry, if the underlying trades at $310 you would make $2 net per ton [$10 intrinsic value of the option ($320 - $310) minus $8 premium paid], therefore $2,000 net for 1,000 tons.

Hi, contract size for 1 lot of Soybean Meal options is 100 tons, the 320 put aug16 current quote is 7.85 x 8.15, so you would probably buy it now at 8, which is $800 per lot. That been said the sensibility of option prices to underlying price movement decreases as the moneyness decreases, so the...

correct, if volatility increases the straddle will make more money

Hi Equity puts are usually more expensive because they are used as protection against equity price falls, and as you may well know price drops in equity are statistically faster and 'heavier' than price rises. For the same reason commodity call options are usually more expensive than put...

that's a Strangle, same principle, same type of bet (very low price exposure) but less expensive than a straddle (but less sensitivity to volatility change, so less profitable)

Equity puts are usually more expensive than calls (i.e. if stock is trading at 22, the 22 put will be a bit more expensive than the 22 call) I agree with all the rest, also I think that individual premiums are relatively not that important but should be considered as a whole, as the bet of this...

Sorry you are wrong. the contract size of 1 future contract on Soybean meal is 100 tons, worth around USD 34,000 (and a required margin per lot of $2,420 for the JUl16 contract). BTW, could you imagine something worth $337 per 100 tons? $3.37 usd per 1 ton??? i don't think there is anything...

Hi, yes the settlement price can be an indication of the premium you could pay or collect. considering your example, it is $8.30 per ton, the contract size is 100 tons, so total premium would be $830 usd per lot