Recent content by LordMib

Perfect ids, but probably every broker has his own margin policy that can be option-selling friendly or not. I'm searching for some names of option-selling friendly broker. It's simple, what broker does naked option sellers usually use?

Sorry for my misunderstanding. All options on futures are margined with SPAN by exchange, but broker can add other margin? In practice, can I be sure that every broker (the top ranked option brokers) demand me exactly the margin required by exchange? LM

Yes, I've read on this forum about PC-SPAN. But it's only a margin calculator. Once I get theoretical margin level form PC-SPAN, I have to find a broker that offers me the same margin. What broker do option sellers use? IB, OXpress, ToS? Thanks. LM

Hi MTE, thank you for your reply. Actually I'm trading futures on financial index (FTSEMIB, italian market). I'm considering to move on international markets like SPY, FTSE or DJEUROSTOXX but only if I can achieve also better margin conditions. At the moment for premium of about €110 my...

Hi everyone, I understand importance of low margins since I've started option selling last year with my national broker. Recently, reading of some books and articles about naked option selling confirms me importance of having a brokerage firm that use minimum exchange margins, or span margins...