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Hi guys I know this is problably not the right place to post this, but please cut me some slack since i can't find a related topic: How do you hedge a $ position? How many put warrants do i have to buy to hegde $10.000 worth of bonds. The multiplier of the EUR/USD warrants is 0.01:1...

Hi guys I know this is problably not the right place to post this, but please cut me some slack since i can't find a related topic: How do you hedge a $ position? How many put warrants do i have to buy to hegde $10.000 worth of bonds. The multiplier of the EUR/USD warrants is 0.01:1...

Can anyone help me find a Frankfurt operating broker that won't limit instument availability. I've been trading with IB for a long time, but i'm tired of awaiting for € bonds e investment certificates.

Ok i agree: it's not so much a matter of margin, but of pricing. I mean the long option loses value faster than the short (when market goes your way) due to being further apart from the market. I've traded verticals for a while and never liked the spread value, always thought it was too little -...

Since the thread was started the feature suggestion gained two votes while the thread views are at 125. that means 1.6% of the people who read the post voted. The other 98.4% of the readers problaby didn't understand the post. I was asking for help, the kind that hurts no one...

Please vote for the following suggestion: ID# 1696 Title: Add german products "please add all products traded on the frankfurt and stuttgart stock exchange, esp. all products traded on EUWAX, i don´t want to open a second account and transfer funds!" I believe this is the single best...

I was refering to dax futures and dax index options. About the trackers: Can you give me an example of a liquid tracker and tracker options? From my experience (not a lot) the tracker options usualy don't have enough value to justify a covered call options strategy. Do you agree...

I don't like vertical spreads margin req, it grows too fast if the market goes agains you. :( I prefer covered call option position (if long the market); or covered put option (if short the market). Any other suggestion?

I would like to hedge my short index option positions with the underlying, but as i can´t trade an index... Can anyone tell me an alternative hedge? Thanks in advance.

murray the example above is merely academic, when i started making simulations (last friday) that was the es future and future.options quotes. nazzdack when i say sell 1 es 1475 call @ 20, i mean that's the actual bid/ask spread split, so the bid/ask could be 20/21, or 19,5/20,5... in...

I've been analyzing the following position but i can't find a good follow up action if the market moves my way. Buy 1 es future @ 1471 sell 1 es 1475 call @ 20 buy 1 es 1465 put @ 19 If the market goes down you have a nice cushion and limited loss scenario further down. If the market...