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Some of the indices require specific subscriptions. Which options/underlying are you looking at?

I'm looking for ETF REITs for my IRA for a long-term high yield. Anyone seen a reasonably safe one? I've reviewed Vanguard's VNQ, just not clear they won't continue to fall.

I trade the ES since the volume is high and since I mostly do options the options on the ES are one of the highest.

We look to be hitting resistance on the ZB 30 year at 117'000. Anyone think it'll go higher?

Yes, finally you can do option strategies. has anyone opened real spreads or doing the legs by hand?

Yes, straddles definitely could have made a ton of money this month.

I wondered if anyone had stopped trading during this volatile time. Some people believe that once you go above 30 on the VIX that's end of it for a while. I did some analysis today and we haven't something crazy like this in years. If you look at the SPX it never moved 40 points like this a...

Has anyone used the bowtie indicator as shown in Active Trader this month? The indicator uses a 10, 20, and 50 day SMA.

As I understand that indicator that just shows mostly overbought or oversold. I recommend using additional indicators such as the MACD or CCI.

I would consider a straddle over a short for such a volatile stock.

Is there really any way to trade in the Yuan?

I believe small-caps are more influenced by the fed decision. Large caps will have more influence by employment numbers and other macro stuff.

I generally sell Out of the Money spreads on future and stock indices. Say I do a 25 point spread on SPX on a 10,000 account. I would then dedicate up to 25% of my cash to margin selling put spreads. Is 25% dedicated to the future option spreads too risky if the market makes 50-100 point...

Wire transfers are instant and you can start trading within minutes. However there is usually a $20 to $25 dollar fee.

Tradeking does checking accounts. IB does not.

Get out! Scottrade is one of the worst brokers for options i found. Currently I use TradeKing and Interactive Brokers.

With credit spreads you can do certain types of hedging (buying way OTM IBM or MSFT puts) so a black monday could at least break even.

I trade on the indices (ndx, rut, spx). At least in those cases I couldn't find a case where a OTM naked put would get more return. Especially due to the margin requirement I couldn't get more then 20% annualized in those trades vs 30-40% with credit spreads/iron condors.

You may also want to look into doing credit spreads instead of naked option writing. In my analysis I found the profitability much better in spreads with lower risk.