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    Trading Vanilla Forex options

    No, I'm trading with Ikon GM. Saxo has 8 pip spreads on vanilla options, but they don't allow minnies (anything less than 100,000)
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    Trading Vanilla Forex options

    I've recently started trading vanilla forex options, and I find that the large spreads (10 pips), make it extrememly difficult to trade various spreads. The only strategy I use is trading strangles (selling OTM Call and Put, same expiration), but if the underlying moves towards my shorts strike...
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    Advantage selling premium vs. buying premium

    Since there's no mathematical advantage to selling premium vs. buying premium, I've been thinking a lot about what exactly the advantage is, and I think I came up with an answer. Being short options works most of the time, and when it doesn't work, it's easier to adjust the position if you're...
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    Options writers and currency futures

    How do the various kinds of spreads (ie. double diagonal, calendar, vertical, etc) come out on Forex options as opposed to ETF or index options. It seems to me that there are a lot more strikes in FOREX options and it's easier to adjust a position in general. For example, say I'm short an...
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