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Looks interesting. How much slippage would someone see trading 10-50 lots?

Is there size? 20-40 ticks is 20-40 dollars. It is a $12,000 contract when TF is $125,000 and YM is ~$90,000

Yeah, IB is expensive. If you do professional volume you can find ~5-7 hkd.

Such a tiny contract. Is it worth trading after commissions?

Option markets are too wide for stops. Why not delta hedge as your stop with outrights?

Automate. Then you know it was the strategy not working not you. Removes the barrier of increasing size.

No it doesn't. You should know what a general increase/decrease in IV does and you should know how skew could affect your position. But actual IV calculations don't make sense.

Never use market orders. Limits past offer would not have the same problem.

I'm not sure why it matters. Please explain. Also what markets are you looking at to get that IV curve? In general, puts have higher IV than calls, ATM have lower IV than wings. That curve never occurs in real life. Try using a real curve and check results.

I doubt they trade anywhere but the option pits.

I mean this in the nicest way possible. It isn't the contract that is the problem, it is your trading. The move won't help at all.

Few if any DITM are 500 up. Just because you buy something up to a price doesn't mean you could sell it there. You would have ~70,000 shares and no buyers.

Your short vega/time decay. If the stock is at 12.50 and the options expired right now, how much would you make?

I guess I could say yes... But only on a technicality. When I opened my futures account my fcm had watched me trade for 2 years. I owned a seat so they didn't wait for my check to clear. By the time it bounced, I was up a significant percentage of the planned deposit so they told me not to...

Thats funny. Easily my biggest break through as a trader came when I automated everything I was doing by hand and let it run. While you are still ultimately responsible for everything that happens, bad days went from "I'm an idiot" to the market didn't do what my strategy wanted. I was able to...

I'm looking for a broker/FCM with access to japan/Hong Kong exchanges. I need to access these on TT. I'm looking for low multiple 6 figure deposit, with 500 contracts a day approximate volume. I have checked all over Chicago and without going prop all the firms with access go through someone...

They might technically be able to... but they won't. Career suicide has already been mentioned. Also most people at a brokerage house don't have the stomach to trade. Have you met any of these people that you are worried about?

You should be able to trade pretty small in fx. if futures are too big for you.

I think that is what they are telling you. Ask your self, I you were a successful trader, how much time would I spend teaching new people for 100's of dollars. The answer is zero. It sounds like you have an experienced guy willing to help you. This puts you ahead of 95% of this board...

Not a spread worth considering. formula is very easy. Look for a real physical. Much more interesting. Grain/energy etc.