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quick question on bear risk reversals. I know you mentioned before that you try to keep the delta <.30 on each leg. Is that the only reason why you rather sell cheaper gamma at the OTM strikes vs gamma closer to the peak?? The only thing that i see is the high delta at the ATM strike that you rather avoid by selling cheaper gamma in return. You've traded these for a long time, are there any other real world insights you'd like to share regarding strike selection?
 
So far so good :cool: , 1 week at a time lol. Missed trading this week although I did grab put spreads on the dip. Was trying to follow this thread as well but I think it got ahead of me.

I still think Risk should have done the double barrier no touch with 1190/1310 strikes we were talking about!
 
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So far so good :cool: , 1 week at a time lol. Missed trading this week although I did grab put spreads on the dip. Was trying to follow this thread as well but I think it got ahead of me.

I still think Risk should have done the double barrier no touch with 1190/1310 strikes we were talking about!
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That's what my support group says, but more like 'one day at a time':)

I agree on the double no touch barrier. I don't have much experience with these things but on the surface they look easier to deal with than vanilla ic's! Less legs to worry about, easier to hedge. What's the big whoop, oh right the notional am't. My wallet isn't that big.:D
 
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Short synthetic stock

Short June NYX 60c
Long June NYX 60p

-1000 synthetic shares at $61.35 equivalent
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Can we price and chart a synthetic futures on IB TWS???
 
FWIW, A double no touch is not synonymous with two separate no touches.

A path-independent vanilla European credit spread is quite a different animal to a path-dependent discontinuous payoff American binary :confused: LOL

An American binary is more of a bet on time. An SPX credit spread is more of a bet on price IMO.

Pursuing a wide range for the double no touch in an effort to increase win/loss ratio and replicate a FOTM credit spread strategy is misleading IMO.

Track record of Riskarb's last exotics journal demonstrates an enviable performance. If it ain't broke don't fix it!


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I agree on the double no touch barrier. I don't have much experience with these things but on the surface they look easier to deal with than vanilla ic's! Less legs to worry about, easier to hedge. What's the big whoop, oh right the notional am't. My wallet isn't that big.:D
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Can we price and chart a synthetic futures on IB TWS???
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Yessir -- [stk > comb > "synthetic" > buy or sell combo > call expiry > call strike]

The buy or sell dialog changes the call from buy to sell. No need to enter the put info, nice.
 
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Any instant disadvantages to constructing a version of the R/R by replacing the short calls with a bear call spread? I just want to make sure I haven't missed something.
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The disadvantage is (-)gamma-edge if the hedge is (+). I would simply go long a call or put into the direction of the barrier // a capped-R/R.
 
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