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Thnx:cool:

Anybody knows the cash margin requirement to be short forex future option? Can;t find the answer on the CME website.

C'mon man, jokes aside, he just gave you 2 valuable pieces of advice: market outlook for directional trades , and to trade SPY one-lot strategies to get experience in the real trading world with the best liquidity and low failing price.

Think in risk/reward ratio....4/1000 ? It's suicide. Just my 2c

Well, I wouldn't say that...

Thank you :)

If I wanted to sell OTM strangles on currency, what vehicle would you recommend (in terms of skew and liquidity )?

Then you tell yourself "I was wrong" and find another trade. Don't start "adjusting".

Expiration depends of course on when you think its going to crash. I'd go roughly 5% out.

Buy NDX OTM puts

Not true...the limit is the stock going to zero...:cool:

As a 2008 survivor, all I have to say to this post is +1 and Amen.

Read, read, read, and then read some more. Think about it. And then, when you think you are ready- don't trade real money. Paper-trade for a few months. And only then- trade exactly the amount you are willing to lose as learning fees. If you are good at it, whithin 3 years or so you will be...

TOS (Ameritrade)

I've been trading options for 11 years now, and been making 15-17% annually. I know its not sky-high, I have friends that boast 40-50% trading stocks. But given the risk I am comfortable with, I am happy with waht I make.

Do you apply those as a vega play or a delta one?

ES option spreads trade in quarters. Single options trade in nickel increments. They are very liquid and I trade them a lot.

thank you both.

Atticus, from your experience, what would be the margin requirement for one 3:1 PF on SPY and in ES (Reg T), and do you find the R/R acceptable?