Recent content by arcane73

I'm going to tell you a secret. The futut ES contract loses one point per month automatically. You cannot be long in either a synthetic position in options or with the future without losing 12 points per year. The only way to go long without losing money is to buy the spy directly but this...

Thanks for the answers and ideas. I have one more question which may seem simplistic. Does the ES future contract have exactly the same progression as the SPX index or SPY ETF? If I buy the spy today and sell the future contract in June 2024 in the same size, the position will have gained or...

Good morning, I am a client of Interactive broker. I am long the ES future contract (sp500) and I am short with a put on the SPX index. The 2 positions have the same value. There is therefore no market risk according to management. However IB asks me for a margin for the 2 positions. I had...

Good morning, I have been a customer of IB for more than 4 years but I still have areas that I do not master. I sold a put on ETF Spy which is in the money. I was exercised and had to buy 100 shares at 508. That's $50,800 debited from my account. Everyone knows that you have to pay attention...

I want to have a long position on the spy. The price is at 480. I buy 500 shares. So 480 x 500 = $240,000 to be debited from my account. Otherwise, I sell 5 ITM puts at delta 1 with no time value. It comes down to the same thing. However, this only costs me $15,000 in margin and increases...

Good morning, Sorry for my English but I am a French investor. Yesterday I sold an ITM strike 520 put on ETF Spy. The spy price was around 476. The put only had intrinsic value and a small time value. This morning, I was very surprised. I was assigned to the sold option and found myself...

Good morning, Why the strikes on the QQQ have changed. The round numbers have been replaced and the strike has decreased by 0.22. This never happened. Example : Before 400, 405, 410, 415 Now 399.78 404, 78 409.78 414.78