Recent content by weezy

Thanks for clearing this up equityguy. I am going to pick up Burkhards book one of these days.:)

the "BOB" spread is an exchange listed spread offered by the CME. It's the 30 year v the 50 year. curious as to the 50 year yield-

I'm long the May/June/July FLY. ;-)

The 30 bond is yielding 3.16%. so I doubt the 50 year is less than that. Certainly not less than 3%.

The U.S. 50 year bond is trading 156160 March future. any one know what the yield is on the 50 year. Also called the ultra bond.

ML King jr. day is jan 21. Do equities have an early close - ?

Atticus- I started trading VIX spreads synthetically before the CFE introduced VIX spreads as an actual cleared product like the BOB spread can trade as a synthetic or an exchange listed product. the CFE spreads offered by the exchange are a recent listing and I recall seeing them indroduced but...

Jgills & cdcaveman- I do see the synthetic VIX spreads trade in $10 increments. I stand corrected on this. nice get. SLE chimed in with his 2 cents but me thinks I hear crickets...with relation to his post.:eek: :

Jgills and cdcaveman- full disclosure: i've traded on the floor of the Chi merc, CBOE and new location of cme the Chi board of trade for the last 16 years - now upstairs trading VIX curve. #1 all commodities trade with a monthly symbol letter. jan is F feb is G, march H, april J, may K, june...

jgills- how could you sell VIX M/N at .86? it trades in nickels. the lowest tic is 5. at $50 a tic. ??

if you are "long the belly" that means you are short the fly. and you should list the months in order. F is jan J is april and M is june,

Maria was right on the money with Cardin- if you are blasting her I'm alittle surprised you are on this site- bitchez.

can we get a thread going on the 10 year cash arb versus the future. this is a pure arb. who's trading this ...