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I'm actually trading volatility.. any insight on how that might differ between the two?

Hi there, I've been trading NYMEX energies for a few months.. not long, but enough to develop an appetite. Now, I know NYBOT/ICE has a number of heavily traded energy futures as well... any input as to how they move versus the NYMEX? Are they mostly in lockstep? Are the spreads...

Well, here's my guess based on the brief description here. Perhaps Optiver puts into place standing limit orders at all prices both above/below the market... and just chooses to cancel them if they don't want to actually buy/sell at any specific point in time. And then re-submits the orders...

I don't see a problem with the idea of using VIX options. He's short volatility, but wants to hedge his position against a major market move Only thing I don't understand is the selling of deep ITM puts. Why bother with another naked put position? If you're going to hedge against a rapid...

Can someone give me insight into the role/meaning of "swap dealers", a new subcategory broken out of commercial? I read the CFTC explanation, but I'm not familiar enough with how commercial operators to know what it actually *means*.

I'm glad you asked. I assumed they weren't, and I would've been wrong. It looks like all of the physical commodities are open for normal trading Monday.

If he is, he just got run over. Next time I'm even tempted to LOOK at sugar... will someone please stage an intervention?

I'm no whale, but I got caught with some long positions as well. Sigh. I've never seen sugar sell off *at the open* like that... it was non-stop selling for the first 15 minutes. I kept waiting for the bounce, but it never came. Forced liquidation?

As it happens, 15 minutes after I threatened to take it to NFA arbitration... I was told the compliance officer authorized the immediate release of my funds.

Ugh, was just informed by RCG that they're going to hold onto the balance of my so-called "platform fees" for at least 2 more weeks. Just to go through the time line again: - my last trade with RCG was mid August. - transferred out my accounts late August. - they told me they can't...

IV is falling everywhere I look in the physical commodity space, and has been since March-May. Everything is basically normalizing after the blow-up last year. In a lot of cases, falling past 2008 lows. So, I'm not sure if there's a deeper level to this question... but it sure seems like...

I've also used SamoaSky's Option Oracle.

I'm a little confused by the blotter. Why does it show start date/end date 2/29/2008?

Perfect, thank you.

I'm already trading some of the energy complex, so I'm definitely seeing the dollar's influence. I was looking for something specific... something similar to the DXY. (Or is there a futures version of DXY?)

Hi, I don't trade the currencies at all. But I do trade the physical commodities, and they're being heavily influenced by the dollar these days. What futures symbol can I punch into my platform (NinjaTrader + Rithmic) in order to get a good idea of how the dollar is doing?

Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I had a horrible experience with RCG. I had a 7-figure account with them before abandoning ship 2 months ago. - ridiculous risk management policies, combined with very poor client management. - very poor, circa 1995 web-based platform (have you seen their...

I don't know if the logistics of actually delivering physical coffee after selling futures makes sense, if it's just for your individual family. What would make sense: - if the intermediaries are making an unreasonable amount of profit, you should compete with them. Get into their line of...

Oh yes, sure, I see. I was thinking of 40 as the max loss point... but obviously 40-45 all have that same max loss, while 35-39 doesn't.

I don't get this. At 40, the middle long call comes ITM. Why would max loss be between 40/45? Obviously if you and spindr agree on this, I'm not debating the point. Just curious. And too lazy to fire up a chart so I can cheat.