Recent content by shivastar

Sorry for the late post, been busy. Regarding "R/T per month", on average circa 1000 at that time; but I am no longer with them now. Openecry is very negotiable on commissions and your commissions are based on trading frequency and deposit amount.

hey mcurto, what's the action down in the pits? The volumes and vols seems to have dropped the last few days. also i'm thinking about changing my broker and got a great offer from Fimat. Can you tell me anything about how good there desk is down there. Probably doing alot of ratios and...

Interesting.... thanx mcurto

Hey mcurto who's selling the aug 105 calls?

thanx for the reply mcurto. yes I am currently with Rand and Man. The reason I ask is that with ratios and 1:1 spreads I know the pit can get it done. But I haven't traded otm screens so I can't compare how the fills would be. Plus l'm lazy and I don't like legging so I generally spread it. I...

Didn't know if this is the right place to post this but I was wondering if anyone here was trading the options on zn electronically and what the fills are like. I have been trading the pit options but wanted to get cheaper commish by going electronic. typical trade size would be 200- 400 at a...

I'm using the oectrader platform from openecry. It's pretty good, and there are no fees. You can also trade pits with it too which makes it good for swing/pos trading like I do. They also give what I believe are pretty good rates.I'm paying $3r/t electronic and $8r/t for pits. the pit executions...

got out @10695.looking pretty hairy right now...

well it didn't hit my target of 10720 but i decided to go long 20 contracts @ 10765 with a stop @10610. we'll see what happens.

down 300. looks like 10720 coming.

does anyone trade the Nikkei 225 Simex options? I trade the futures but was wondering what the liquity is like? It looks like anything otm is dead. Thanx shivastar

I could not have said it better myself.

exactly my point.

it's tempting but naked put writing is just too risky.I firstly would never do it on a stock unless i wanted to own it at that price no matter what. index is a better alternative. i also agree with AAAin theBeltway that it's better to spread.not only for risk but also for margin. if you are...

allthough, I have noticed a lot more "plasticky" people lately.