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I figured it out. There seems to be a blank column in the HistData table that I didn't notice. Gets recreated every time the tracker is run. Specifically the Column is AI with a value of "1".
I've been trading Forex for a while and have started Selling Options on Forex with brokers FXDD / AVA Options and Saxo. I want to look at Selling Options on Commodities as well. FXDD and AVA only do Gold & Silver, Saxo do more commodities but is there anyone else that offers the facility to sell options on Commodities that let UK residents open accounts? Thanks for your help.
There is a lot of information on brokers on this site. You might want to have a more detailed look in this thread as well as in the forum "brokers and data feeds".
I am very happy selling options with DeCarley Trading. Excellent Service. I am European myself, and, thus, assume they let UK residents open accounts. But you have to check.
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No...you're correct. This one of the big challenges with this method of trading and this spread. You will be protected from a flash crash but not a slow, steady grind down.
The table with the white background is naked 3.00 delta options.
What's crazy is that if you sold a 1750 put naked it would have never went on margin call (max 88% with 30% drawdown). But you would have had no protection from a flash crash.
After running simulation after simulation for months there is only one solution I've found to survive the type of downward movement we saw in the beginning of the year while still using the spread being used by Ron, reduce the position size.
I've been keeping between 6x and 10x extra capital in my account. This reduction can allow me to easily ride out what we saw in both August and January. Now the drawback is that you obviously will not have as much in the way of gains but that's for you to decide.
It is obvious that you have to take some measure(s) to ride out severe downward movements. Unfortunately These downward movements appear in many different ways.
There are many different ways to solve this problem. It is my approach to diversify my Portfolio (see own thread), and to get out early. ( I often get out of short option trades, when the value of the option has doubled. Or earlier.)