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is it not available anywhere? I realize its low.. but especially on new contracts there are multiple days of 50k churn. say 200K.. thats equivilant to value of a million e-minis.. it may sound small still overall, but its pro churn.. I'd love to see where the guys in the pit are...

just the SP right now. Crude maybe as well, but I hear theres not much pit action for Crude.

My most recent attempt was through a 90$ CME package through Tradestation that allowed me to see Time and price of pit data. but no size... Can anyone see volume as its happening in the pit? Or even delayed volume data? I hate waiting till the end of the day for a glimpse. Audio...

Its more of an investigation for me. To find more volume, and where it is. I realize pit trading has much less influence now, but I also know lots of areas on the charts do get above average floor volume, and I miss out on that with just the electronic contracts. Just seeing the end-of-day...

Does anyone have a platform that shows in real-time the contracts traded on the floor? Thanks

Thanks for plugging in my numbers too! Gives me a better overall picture. thanks -Tom

Thanks for your insight spindr0.. I did actually do some historical checking with the I.C.'s and for the majority of time in the last year or so it appeared to have been averaging about a 3 point gain which for some reason I thought would have been covered by the I.C. However, I am...

One thought though was always the SPX vs SPY debate.. I like SPX better because my vertical could go deep ITM and I wouldnt have to worry about any exorcisms and simply close it out any time I chose or ride it for the bounce back. (I'm not worried about max loss on a vertical spread) With...

True.. I dont mind lower probability though if my own opinion has a strong overbought/oversold view.. I've mainly got burned in the past not so much by getting the direction wrong as its not moved ENOUGH to make my put or call profitable due to time decay, IV decay, etc.. Heck, with this I...

Yea, i've been putting together numerous scenarios... Looks as though the closest I can set the I.C. to the current price the better (still otm), and incorporating the write and buy on each leg to be successive strikes for best premium gainage... Basically it seems an I.C. can be played very...

Thanks for the confirmation Shhhh... I dont know why, but for some reason, i've always read IC's have a higher loss potential than profit.. I'm thinking it really has to do with the IV and my super tight 106-109 profit range.. -Tom

Okay, obviously i'm unskilled in Iron Condors, but I just for the life of me cannot figure this math out... and its making me nutz 6/28/2010 SPY close @ 107.53 I constructed an Iron condor in AUG BUY 112 CALL @ 1.9 SELL 109 CALL @ 3.35 SELL 106 PUT @ 3.57 BUY 103 PUT @2.68 TOS...

I was looking at futures contracts on CME and the /CL lists a cash settled european option which mimicks the pricing of actual physical oil shipment. However, I cant locate.. Has anyone dealt with this option or is it not tradable to retail investors? I just like the european aspect and...