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The technique is called a backspread. If you do a search for it here and find something by options coach read it as he can explain it much better than I. A backspread involves selling an at the money option and using the proceeds to buy out of the money options. Ideally you will have sold...

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After a quick bit of research I can't find any stupid rules like cancellation fees etc. Does anybody know of such snags that I should be aware of?

Two things Firstly the New York fed has done a study on the predictive abilities of yeild curves. You can read it on their website. Secondly why is it that the sterling yeild curve inverts all the time seemingly regardless of economic output?

The thing that I think I will like best about the KOSPI is the the volume is in the options instead of the future. When trading most contracts I like to be long gamma (options) and trade the future to keep delta neural. The problem with this is that theta (time value)is always working against...

What is the symbol so I can watch it trade

This idea my sound a little funny at first but hear me out. One of the problems that GM has is that they employ a lot of people that they don't need anymore but can't fire. So why can't they have them do something other than make cars? There is no way that the union contract says "must be...

If you have less than a million quid then you are playing with fire. Premiums are at historically low levels right now. You would be much better off using bull put spreads. You risk would be reduced some much by using spreads that you could do two spreads for every on naked put you have know-and...

I would think that every hedgie is going to be going long the $US big time until the end of the month to make there monthly performance numbers look good. After that with profitable year secured and Christmas around the corner I can see profit taking or stops being placed to ensure bonuses. I...

I have a couple of empty silos and an empty grainery I can rent you. (I not kidding)

I was right upset that I didn't get a fill to short at 1.1975, it would have been a great trade. Right now I am long at 1.1930 looking for 1.1948. After that I will try to get short at around 1.1960.

I would assume that market makers do not pay stamp tax or there would be no share trading at all. I don't know what you have to do to qualify as a market maker.

Yes I you Yanks don't smarten up on softwood lumber the day will come that the pipelines will be shut off. The idea of linkage grows everyday that trade agreements are ignored for the sake of partisan politics. Linkage in my opinion is one of the worst trade idea ever but it is growing in...

My research suggest that the word amongst grain traders is to buy $C at 0.8350 or 1.1976 to cover there currency exposure that goes along with owning grain in Canada and hedging with Chicago grain contracts. I am looking to short $US at 1.1975 on this morning CPI news.

The only reason to trade them is to avoid taxes and duties. In the UK there is a stamp tax on share trading while gambling winnings are tax free. CFD and spreadbetting firms are setup as gambling outfits for the purpose of these tax laws. If your not eligible for these tax breaks there is...

I think you caught me for not doing enough research. My trade idea would be better suited for a covertiable that was trading near it's covertable price.

Well I can admit that I am not a profitable fx trader, however I am very profitable futures and futures options trader. What little currency trading I do involves trading margin cash back and forth between Canadian dollars and $US. I make profits in $US but live in Canada so this is...

I was thinking I picked the wrong thread too. I made my first post the way that I did to get people thinking. Are there any advantages to spot fx for trading? I see spot fx as a treasury management tool for big corporations and maybe a place to arb with the futures market.

You think you have it bad at the end of a losing trading day, this guy ends up dead (or whatever missing means in Chinese)

I made my previous post in the hope of making would be FX traders aware of some of the downfalls that go along with retail FX trading. I would doubt that there are any profitable retail traders with FXMC, but if there is they would be much, much better off trading currency futures from the CME...