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Looks like you are looking at the call. Where are you getting the data?

What have you done to protect or make money from that if you are correct? BTW, the question was based on an assumption, not an expectation. I don't expect wajo111 to do anything.

I'm sure there are ways to monitor the VXX and compare that to to a basket of VX futures and make money over short periods of time. It would require being faster and know more than larger players that have the live data to know what the VXX is worth every second that also get cross margining...

Since your assumption is around the S&P, the gold trade makes no sense. Shorting VIX, you have to use VIX products, Is hard with only $10,000. I'd focus on the pure play, an S&P product. With that sid, only you can determine how much leverage to use. Timing with highly leveraged products might...

I think it is important to explain why I say selling VX, VIX options and VXX is a crowed trade and what that means. Let me start back on 2011. That is when I started in sales. The “easy money” was selling naked SPX OTM puts for $0.05. Sometimes they were 200 to 300 point OTM for less than a...

Except for the very expensive ones, they tend to have less RAM, RAM upgrades are very expensive, monitor resolutions tend to be to low for trading.

Does it have to be a laptop?

I did not follow your question. Are you asking me why I think shorting these products is a crowed trade? You want evidence?

I'm not a programmer. So correct me if I'm wrong. Why can't you have your charting software "talk" to a FIX server you set up. Then the FIX server can use any FIX API to route orders at any broker, or multiple brokers that offer FIX? If your charting software does not give you that flexibility...

I have no opinion on if traders should be shorting VIX symbols. I do believe that short VIX options, VX futures and symbols like VXX seems to be a very crowded trade, as it has been overall easy money for most of the year. It is the strategy that many have focused on.

March is higher than DEC right now. Very little, but higher.

Must be some dividends flows in December before expiration. I'm not an expert on this.

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There is a lot your should know before you move forward at all. Any option automated system as customer is very difficult as the rules are against you. Even using a current system like Options City or Actant will not help. To do this as a BD, which would make more sense, requires a lot of...

Options on futures or Options on Equities/Indexes/ETFs? I think it would be a good idea for you to contact me before you spend any money on a system like this. I have a good understanding of the futures side and a better understanding of the securities side. I know what is out there now and...

If you want more action for your buck, some ETFs have futures. They act like the index over time and better meet your requirement. Or, use options as a stock replacement. I'd say these are better at meeting your risk tolerance.

I agree. I also like ratio spreads when the OTM calls get to fat. When I looked, the upside skew was flatter than I expected Friday.

May I ask why you say that? The options were not implying a 10% move and the options expire Friday. The expectancy of these being ITM or worth near $1.50 seems low to me. I'd say over time, buying OTM calls before earnings provides little reward and risks the entire premium. That is close to a...

I was thinking the same about buying them! :D I don't get any value out of looking at the Ivol of a short dated option under $0.15, IMO. Just a number.