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September 10th, 2017, 04:37 PM
Cleveland, OH
Experience: Advanced
Platform: QST
Broker: QST, DeCarley Trading, Gain
Trading: Options on Futures
Posts: 3,081 since Jul 2011
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ES margins increasing 7.1% effective Tue Sep 11. Spec IM for ES futures going from $4,620 to $4,950.
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
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September 11th, 2017, 08:53 AM
Minnesota
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Calamari88
Do seasonal tendencies apply to the T-bond, 10 year T-note and 5 year T-note?
In my experience they don't follow sesonals
September 13th, 2017, 09:07 AM
Cleveland, OH
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My ES spreads are at 57 and 60% drop in premium right now. Because this is ESu futures expiration week and the tendency is for ES to peak on Thu and then drop on Friday I will probably exit late Thu and then wait till next week to reenter. We'll see if this works.
September 13th, 2017, 09:37 PM
Henderson, NV, USA
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Does anyone know where I'd find a good futures option history database for backtesting purposes? I'd need the open, high, low and closing prices. The subscription I have to USChartco has option history but it only goes back 1 year and I'd probably need 2+ years of data.
September 14th, 2017, 08:18 AM
Linz Austria
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Calamari88
Does anyone know where I'd find a good futures option history database for
backtesting purposes? I'd need the open, high, low and closing prices. The subscription I have to USChartco has option history but it only goes back 1 year and I'd probably need 2+ years of data.
Ivolatility.com sells such data. I was always satisfied with their services.
Best regards, Myrrdin
September 14th, 2017, 12:27 PM
Cleveland, OH
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On Aug 16 I sold ESx7p1960(2)p1710(3) for 2.95.
I exited today at 1.80. 29 days held. 1.7% ROI.
On Aug 23 I sold ESz7p1920(2)p1680(3) for 4.45.
I exited today at 2.50. 22 days held. 5.3% ROI.
I might reenter Fri late or Monday.
September 14th, 2017, 04:01 PM
Vancouver
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Where in this forum can I get more info on selling options on futures? Thanks.
September 14th, 2017, 04:08 PM
Linz Austria
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sujiroy
Where in this forum can I get more info on selling options on futures? Thanks.
1. Reading the complete threads "Selling Options on Futures ?" and "Diversified Option Selling Portfolio".
2. Asking the questions which have not yet been answered in these threads.
Good trading !
Best regards, Myrrdin
September 15th, 2017, 05:38 AM
Germany
Experience: Intermediate
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Trading: Options on futures
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ron99
On Aug 16 I sold ESx7p1960(2)p1710(3) for 2.95.
I exited today at 1.80. 29 days held. 1.7% ROI.
On Aug 23 I sold ESz7p1920(2)p1680(3) for 4.45.
I exited today at 2.50. 22 days held. 5.3% ROI.
I might reenter Fri late or Monday.
In both trades you exited before reaching a 50% decay in the option price.
What lead you to get out of the trade? Do you have a specific ROI target?
Thanks.
September 15th, 2017, 10:34 AM
Knoxville Tennessee USA
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: TOS
Trading: ES, NQ, CL, /6E futures options.
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Has anyone had any luck with hedging short ES puts by selling an ES futures contract ?
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