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Can someone recommed me to an options trading platform that can support spread/strategy trading of options? For example: Buying straddles/strangles/iron condors/butterflies as a spread order instead of legging into the position. Is this possible with futures options and if so what...

Thanks, dmo. I'm interested in futures options, so that's good as your experiences are therefore more directly related. I have traded futures for many years, but now wish to expand to futures options as I believe there are great benefits here. A few questions, if I may from another...

Many thanks. I'm curious do you trade equity options or futures options. if both, which is your major focus?

Thanks dmo for all your help. To be clear, when you say you use "implied volatilities" - in essence what you do is to input current market prices into the option calculator to extrapolate the implied volatility. Is that correct?

Thank you.

Thanks to all for sharing, please keep the insights coming. Quick question - when using an option analyzer/calculator, where do I get my volatility data from or do I just use the clsing price to calculate the implied vol and use this implied vol for my analysis going forward?

My question is aimed at same-month iron condors done in a ratio to achieve near neutrality in the gamma/vega/theta greeks. Thanks.

Thank you Pocket Change. Much appreciated.

Thanks! With the Hoadley pakcage, do you supply your own volatility estimates & interest rate estimates or does the package have its own source for volatility. What's the data source for these calculators - user supplied or software supplied? If user supplied, where can I get good options...

Hello, I have a few questions regarding futures options trading: 1. What is the best platform for futures options tradeing. Ideally the platform should have in-built tools, calculators, greeks, historical data, etc. 2. How liquid are the E-mini S&P options? Are they liquid overnight...

So how can one determine ab initio his max risk; especially for a somewhat odd spread position e.g. an iron condor with wide strikes in an odd ratio say 3X1?/

Please share some examples. Thank you.

A basic question: If in an option spread position is constructed at a debit, i.e. you outlay premium to put on the spread, is your maximum risk always limited to the premiuum paid/ i.e. the initial debit?

A basic question: If an option spread position is constructed at a debit, i.e. you outlay premium to put on the spread, is your maximum risk always limited to the premiuum paid/ i.e. the initial debit?

Interesting thread. Thanks to all for sharing. dmo, can you please guide me to a website or software that I can use to construct such a position where I am gamma/vega/theta neutral. I know the strikes I have in mind, but I'm unable to detrmine the appropriate ratios/quanitites for each leg...

What do you mean by - "financial grid takedown"?

Very interesting idea. Simple and elegant. Is it practical. Any ideas?

Thank you. God bless the Germans!

flytiger, Like you I detest naked shorting. Thank God it's been banned. Like you, I detest insider trading Like you, I detest all the Wall Street games. However, there are many good, honest & talented people working hard every day in this business. Your comments make it seem as...