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Is there any instrument with a (non-margin) higher leverage ratio then the 100:1 with derivatives?

Leverage seems to be a bit of a catch all term for a variety of different methods of financial gearing. 1.) Derivatives for example have inherent leverage just due their nature of being representative unit of something larger (i.e. 1 stock option contract = 100 shares) 2.) Margin is lending...

So more or less the two mentioned originally for practical purposes are about it.

Are there more then two different type of scalping techniques when working with options? The two that I am aware of are: Gamma scalping - which requires a relatively large move fairly quickly to work. Stock like scalping - just utilizing long call/put options like someone would going long or...

I actually have and like the Jurik MA, but even it is effected for better or worse by the quality of the input data.

Most price based indicators I am aware of use some variation of OHLC bar values as the basis for their calculations. From that point the effectiveness of the tool can vary notably depending on smoothness of the price data in the market. A really clear price trend and things look fantastic, but...

Haha ... yea for the most part that would be true.

I saw some intraday price spiking today on the SPY at around 10:20 and it was similarly mirrored across a variety of instruments including AAPL, MSFT and quite a few others. Considering so many instruments are algorithmically traded an instantly aware of what is taking place elsewhere it seems...

Perspective I guess... I know there are people on this forum far more experienced then I and I'm hoping they can give me some insight in this context into what is considered normal vs big on some of the largest instruments.

I've made the assumption for awhile now that the high water mark for short term (day trading) liquidity would be in something like the SPY. Its obviously heavily traded and utilizes electronic quoting which helps keep the spreads narrow and with near instant fills. Be it right or wrong I've...

That is kind of what I was thinking. It could also explain why the issue presents itself on upswings.

I've been having a bit of an issue with long delta neutral strangles of late when the market moves up. The position starts off as close to delta neutral as possible but as the market moves up the overall value of the position actually decreases. I dug into it a bit more and noticed that my put...

I actually looked into futures options, but from what I gathered the fantastic leverage offered on an ES contract didn't appear to translate over the ES options. http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/e-mini-vs-spy-options-leverage-differences.295394/

I just need an option of an option...now that would be leverage :).

This in all likelihood is a foolish question, but you never know till you ask... I was wondering if there are any techniques to increase the leverage of a long option. I know the further OTM you go the greater the leverage, but from what I can tell it still can't quite replicate the delta...

And I take it that there is no expectation of such a thing being attempted again anytime in the relatively near future?

I remember reading a number of years ago there was talk of the CBOE adding daily expiration options, but I haven't heard much of anything since. Any idea whatever happened with the concept? FWIW here's a Bloomberg article on it from 5 years ago...

I am trying to understand the leverage/margin differences between the different instruments and was hoping someone could double check me. SPY 100 shares @ $207.29 = $20,729 Daytrade req margin = ($20,729 x .25) = $5182.25 Margin per $ in notional value = 20,729/5182.25 = 4:1 2x Oct 30 207.5...

I had a question for those more mathematically inclined then I am in regards to factoring in exponential growth and decay when it comes to hedging. In a scenario where you started with long call position with a delta of 100 long put position with a delta of -50 If I understand exponential...