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15-20 min holding time is not scalping, strictly speaking. Anyhow, on paper everyone does great, but everyone is also having a hard time translating that profitability into real trading. Besides, spot FX dealers will "shut down" your scalping operation pretty quickly coz they don't like it...

Oh no, you blew the cover. Now everybody knows this and the "holy grail" is lost forever! On a more serious note, if it really was that simple then don't you think everybody would use that!? And even if it was, why would you want to broadcast it to the whole world or alternatively, why would...

The dolphin!?:D :D :D

Don't mistake a bull market for brains!

Because it is easier to scalp the stock (i.e. adjust the deltas of the position using the stock) since it is more liquid and has less slippage.

You are right, long call+short stock is a long put, but 2 long calls+short stock is a straddle.

Right, I forgot that ASX has listed CFDs. Thanks!

Direct to what market? CFDs are an OTC market, so anyone offering them has to be a dealer/market maker or have a relationship with a market maker.

Once again, use a pricing model and see what happens!

Why complicate things. Pull up an option pricing model and stick the values and see what happens. Since this position is about delta netral and long gamma, a move of 15 points will result in a profit, assuming time and volatility haven't changed, but this is a huge assumption and, generally, it...

Actually, no, an option that moves 1 for 1 with the underlying or close to it will be deep ITM, which means the leverage is relatively small. The formula for leverage is ((stock price * delta) / (option price)) - 1

If an ITM option goes ATM then you lose money, you don't gain anything! Buying an ITM call and put at the same time is equivalent to buying an OTM call and put. E.g. 90 call+100 put=100 call+90 put

1. Most likely you won't get a fill at 0.05 unless someone wants to buy the option at 0.05 and thus lifts the ask. 2. Yes, the money does go into your account, but you also have a margin requirement since you are selling a naked short call. 3. The amount of contracts you can sell is...

I didn't shout. Isn't shouting in CAPITAL LETTERS!? I apologize if you thought I did!

No!

I'm sure you can find it online.

Of course, since index options are European-style (well, except for OEX).

Option volatility & pricing Amazon sends all over the world!:D

No, you are not "linked" to the original buyer, but any buyer can exercise and the assignment is random (well, the process has several steps, but overall it is random), so you may be the one assigned. Do a search on "early exercise" here on ET as well as Google. There are tons of info on it...

What do you mean: "wow...never knew that!"!?:confused: Did you think that shorting an option wouldn't have any potential assignment consequences? SPY and IWM are very liquid (index ETFs) as are SPX and RUT.