Hello!
Can anyone please help me.
Here is a point.
I trade ES for a few years, and somehow delevop a very easy strategy.
For example, we are in the middle of the current trading week. My simple strategy "alrarms" me that 20-40pts movement incming in near 24hours. But there is almost impossible to predisct the way of that movement.
So, what do i do: sell 20ES cars on one account, and buy 20ES cars on another account.
Both position have 10pts stop + 30pts take-profit.
(Please, i dont want to discuss whats the point of that strategy, or how risky it is).
All i want to know: is there any posible way to involve "straddle strategy" onto that ?
I mean, is it a possible way, to just buy a straddle options (instead of buy\sell ES contracts on different accounts), or the overall margin requirements are to hich for such options, to make any profit even from a 30pts ES movement (in 1-2days).
Atm my strategy (from a finansial point of view) looks liek that:
(for 20 contracts on each account)
1)10.000USD loss on one account.
2)20k\30k USD profit on another account.
so, my loss is exacltly 500USD\per contract on that account which catch a stop-loss.
Again, the main point of the strategy is that i do know exact time when the panic movement will begun on market, but sometimes its kinda hard to predisct the way of that 20-40pts movement.
So, im a total newbie in options (i only know the basic terms how they work), but i dont know the margin\premium requirements. So, its kinda hard for me, to calculate, whenever it will be more\less easy to trade such strategy of "20-40pts movement) with the way of buyin options straddle, or for a such short movement, its not worth the margin\premium.
Anyone can give me some calculations please?
Can anyone please help me.
Here is a point.
I trade ES for a few years, and somehow delevop a very easy strategy.
For example, we are in the middle of the current trading week. My simple strategy "alrarms" me that 20-40pts movement incming in near 24hours. But there is almost impossible to predisct the way of that movement.
So, what do i do: sell 20ES cars on one account, and buy 20ES cars on another account.
Both position have 10pts stop + 30pts take-profit.
(Please, i dont want to discuss whats the point of that strategy, or how risky it is).
All i want to know: is there any posible way to involve "straddle strategy" onto that ?
I mean, is it a possible way, to just buy a straddle options (instead of buy\sell ES contracts on different accounts), or the overall margin requirements are to hich for such options, to make any profit even from a 30pts ES movement (in 1-2days).
Atm my strategy (from a finansial point of view) looks liek that:
(for 20 contracts on each account)
1)10.000USD loss on one account.
2)20k\30k USD profit on another account.
so, my loss is exacltly 500USD\per contract on that account which catch a stop-loss.
Again, the main point of the strategy is that i do know exact time when the panic movement will begun on market, but sometimes its kinda hard to predisct the way of that 20-40pts movement.
So, im a total newbie in options (i only know the basic terms how they work), but i dont know the margin\premium requirements. So, its kinda hard for me, to calculate, whenever it will be more\less easy to trade such strategy of "20-40pts movement) with the way of buyin options straddle, or for a such short movement, its not worth the margin\premium.
Anyone can give me some calculations please?
