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Sorry about the links not working. I changed the CME link.
The ICE link was weird. When I clicked on it I got the error page. But when I went to the site and at the bottom of every page it has a link to subscribe that is the same link in post #2. I reposted the link in post #2 and now it works. I didn't see any difference between the two.
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Traditionally options on Futures were only available monthly and for some contracts quarterly.
More recently they have launched 'weekly' options on some contracts. For example ES (SA&P500 E-Mini) now has options that expire every Friday. Very easy way to put on a very short dated trade. In this case I put on some options on Tuesday 31st that expire this Friday 3rd.
To be honest one of the reasons I put this trade on (other than ron's point regarding the first trading day of the year) was that I'd never traded any weeklies, and I wanted to make myself slightly more familiar.
Regarding 'The Fence', a fence is bullish (bearish) trade where you buy (sell) a call above the market and sell (buy) a put below the market. Also called collars (and costless collars). In this case 1830 refers to the put I sold and 1850 the call I bought
At OX it used to be wrong only for Strangles/Spreads not straight shorts. The Strangles/Spreads seems to be working for some commodities, now. But not sure if its fixed for all.