Recent content by durcom

I was trying to figure out if there was a substantial premium advantage to using futures options on ES instead of options on SPY that would make it worth my while to switch from trading options on SPY to trading futures options on ES... (I don't have a futures account so I'd have to set...

oops! I'm so embarassed! Forgot about the differences in the multiplier! Guess the easiest way to "normalize" the comparison is to divide the premium of ES by 10 (SPY is 100 multiplier on the premium vs. ES 50, and there is 5 times the risk on ES vs SPY ($50 vs. $10) for every dollar...

Newby question... I have been trading iron condors on SPY for a while. I have been looking at trading options on ES instead for lower commissions, fewer contracts etc. I am wondering why there is such a large difference in premium quoted for ES instead of SPY For example, the...