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all of the ablove.. options long or short.. futures options fx underlying does not matter..

thank you for the moral boost Bitstream :) and thank you for the others who left an encouraging word :) will keep the positive thinking...and concentrate on doing my homework

i happen to have a good winning strategy i worked on demo but reading the posts here is definitly discouraging. i start to think that even if i have a winning strategy, the brokers or some one will eat me alive.. it is a law less land

After reading many post here at ET, I must say that one will conclude that there is NO money to be made and we are all day dreming. one can not sell option ( sell ' juice' ) and have an edge , 1 out of 10 traders win the rest 90% loose. ...can not have an edge in this game, stop loss...

correction 2% underlying X delta X spot price = margin

I got it 2% underlying + delta + spot price = margin ...

if i sell naked put... what is the general rule for margin ? I know they will keep the premium and add that to my credit. So for instance if I sell a put and get credit ( premium ) and this is naked short put ..... what is the required margin... IB, or SAXO 2 senarios if it is...

interesting.

Def: said "if it ( sold option ) has expired worthless, you can not buy it back. you keep the premium." my question then is, what if it is OTM and it HAS NOT EXPIRED, and is now cheaper to buy it..and i go ahead and buy it back making some profit, then what about the premium ? will i get...

riskarb : i felt the same way when I spoke to the brokers. welcome to my world

RiskArb said " In OTC forex it need only print ITM one-pip to cause an exercise/assignment " I wish this was true.. can you please tell me a broker that automaticaly exercises ITM option

ahhh , i like that well, i do not want to buy back OTM sold options any ways... i'd rather keep the premium ..not looking for free lunch, however some of these brokers have confusing answers thanks to members of elite traders for elaborating .. i wish them the best in trading.

how about for the OTM options i am short on , and it has xpired if i buy it back , i make some profit since it is cheaper now.... but my Q is, do i also keep the premium, and also buy back to make profit . make profit from buy back, and profit from keep premium.. thats what i...

Instrument: EURUSD Expiry Date: 12-Oct-2005 Amount: 1,000,000 Strike Price: 1.2350 Open Price: 0.0117 _________ Current Current Price: 0.0146 _________ % Price: 24.79 % Market Value: 14,600.00 Market Value incl. Costs: 14,600.00 Open Costs Commission: 0.00 USD Total...

I c, I will be covered to avoid margin callalso i will have few more bucks in there...to cover margin call ..( hoping the underlying does not reverse ofcourse ) what is it ? 30 % of the underlying ? or 30 % of the option ? ...i have to get the details on that . again thank u ..

"You can withdraw the premium you sold, provided you're not on call." so i can take the $4 out, provided it is still OTM. once ITM, i get margin call.. but if i am covered, i am ok .. right ? i can not wait to talk to the brokers .. OMG

thanx a bunch for taking your time to answer my Q.. :) "In OTC forex it need only print ITM one-pip to cause an exercise/assignment." i hoe and pray that that is the case.. then i will have a hell of an edge with strategy i have in place. I figured, if i am covered, i'd rather be...

there is no such a thing as dumb question.. i am doing a demo.. I know most of the option rules and terms ...american, europian, itm, otm, strike price, obligation to deliver undelying... delta, theta, and volitality and yet, the brokers seem not to know them and u are making fun ...

u dont understand.. i have read it 1000 times.. yet, the institutions that are licences to steal telling me that thats xactly how i feel.. unbeleivable world we live in.. this is indeed the jungle... and now i get to be lamed for not knowing the answers... but i do the...

wait a minute.. if the option expires in the money.. ( option i was short ..i has sold ) ..am i obligated to deliver the underlying or i am obligated to re buy back ? assuming no one exercised it i guess some one has to ...right..may b the broker has to exercise it ? this...