Recent content by Zulu89

Ive been trading options on futures contracts for about 6 months, how i use them is as follows if the underlying future is rallying and it reaches a level and im too scared to sell it, ill buy a put and vice versa. I figured as long as the future goes the way i want it to go it doesnt really...

so, if i understand right, should we rally straight from the open tomorrow because selling isnt allowed?

Thanks Martinghoul, thats what i expected. To be perfectly honest, i havent a clue on how to hedge short gamma, presently im trying to get my head round the greeks and their implications. My boss suggested i start looking at options only last week, to add another string to my bow. So im miles...

Thanks for the replies guys, do i need a license to write options?

Thanks Martinghoul The unknown unknowns that could one day produce a very large loss is probably not strategy for me. i was thinking, what if in addition to a short strangle i well long a call and a put option with strikes further out than those of the strangle components, this would mean i...

ive been looking at trading options to capture the premiums, in particular the short strangle strategy. Looking in the textbooks i understand that theorectically my risk is unlimited but i assume ill be able to scratch each leg for a very small or no loss at all if either strike price is...

Cheers for clearing that up for me

If a trader sells either a call option or a put option and receives the premium, does he/she have to hold the option till expiry or can the position be exited and the premiums kept?

Does anyone know the limit down for the euro stoxx 50 and where i could find it for other equity indices?

Trading STIR calendar spreads is probably the way ill go but there's a few things im puzzled about. I just pulled up a Euribor spread chart and the daily range is about 4-5 ticks, how do spread traders generate such a high amount of round turns? Trading outrights im quite technically inclined...

I trade futures outright at the moment, mainly focusing on the European equity indices. I would like to start learning about calendar spreads and how they're traded, just to add one more string to the bow i guess. As theres not alot of material about calendar spreads out there, i have a few...

Closed....thanks arabianights for your comment

I heard someone talking about Bund and Gilt open calls, im just wondering what they are and how are they calculated?

im wondering what would happen if the bond auctions due this week weren't heavily participated in. what would it mean for the bund?

I've been feeling under the weather these past few days with 'flu like symptoms':confused: so i dont think ill trading this week or at least until i feel better. Anyway i thought i'll post my technical markers and general thoughts for the upcoming week for the eurusd. A lot of important...