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dudes...the ES options are awesome...been papertrading them...looking to go live next week...will be great volatility with sept 08 ES options expiring this coming Friday...you been trading them?

dudes...the ES options are awesome...been papertrading them...looking to go live next week...will be great volatility with sept 08 ES options expiring this coming Friday...you been trading them?

Mark-to-Market: Daily cash flow system used by U.S. futures exchanges to maintain a minimum level of margin equity for a given futures or option contract position by calculating the gain or loss in each contract position resulting from changes in the price of the futures or option contracts at...

Marking-to-Market: To debit or credit on a daily basis a margin account based on the close of that day's trading session. In this way, buyers and sellers are protected against the possibility of contract default.

I take that as what I stated and learned is correct...correct?:confused:

is this true?...just want confirmation from experienced futures spread traders...thanks in advance.

1-Does Jack Hershey have his own website? 2-Does he have a short bio we can read on him? 3-Could any of his traders he has mentored chime in on what he is like? 4-Does he mainly trade the ES?

thanks...I stand corrected and informed...thanks...:)

yea, I would think you wold want to be out of all ES trades by some time thursday morning...thanks..

thanks but that is referring to the futures contract...not the options...

ES Sept. options expire next friday(9/19)...do they trade on friday(9/19) or not?...will the last available day to trade them be on Thursday 9/18?thanks in advance...

any ES, YM or NQ thoughts today?...

GREAT! GREAT! CALL!!! PATRIOT RALLY!!!

just called my broker and learned about "mark to market"...okay...I open A Eurodollars spread today at 5 and it closes at 10 today...5x5 ticks are added to my accout...tomorrow, basing off of my open position start point of 5...if it goes to -5..then 10x10 ticks are subtracted from my...

just called my broker and learned about "mark to market"...okay...I open A Eurodollars spread today at 5 and it closes at 10 today...5x5 ticks are added to my accout...tomorrow, basing off of my open position start point of 5...if it goes to -5..then 10x10 ticks are subtracted from my...

so, the price reflects the overall spread price not a "per day up or down amount" to be added up everyday...

can you answer?

Hey guys...forgive me for the "newbie futures spread question" but here it goes: Lets say yesterday I entered a position on a CME Globex EuroDollar spread: buy-dec08/sell-dec09 (prices are purely an example)I got in at "5" yesterday.... today the spread price is at 8 tomorrow it...

or, am what I am explaining really would fit under: Eurodollar (ED) - Tier 1 vs. Tier 1 [mth 01-04 vs. mth 01-04 ] Intra-Commodity Spread - Spec $473 Eurodollar (ED) - Tier 1 vs. Tier 2 [mth 01-04 vs. mth 05-08 ] Intra-Commodity Spread - Spec $675 ...if so, please help me...

Hey guys...great thread again...when considering trading EuroDollar Futures spreads...when I look at the SPAN requirments...see below: Eurodollar (ED) - All Months Consecutive Spread [Mo. 1-8] Spec $270 Eurodollar (ED) - All Months Consecutive Spread [Mo. 9-12] Spec $101...