SPX Credit Spread Trader

Quote from piccon:

Coach,

I am protected by 20 points in both PUT and Call Spreads but I didn't want to leave my money and have bad dream tonight. I would like to let it expire worthless but I don't know about this SET story.

I am 1260 and 1305 shorts. I don't think SET could be that big but in the other hand I want to sleep well.

Anybody has a thought ?

I just peeked at the quotes, you could probably close both for .10 each (maybe get lucky and close the calls for .05 who knows). You are probably ok where you are but it would be cheap to close one or the other or both so you can get some sleep tonight.

ryan
 
I am going to leave it. If 25 points on the down side and 20 points on top are not good enough, It doesn't make sense to trade SPX at all.

I want to leave it the way it is.

Good luck

Quote from ryank:

I just peeked at the quotes, you could probably close both for .10 each (maybe get lucky and close the calls for .05 who knows). You are probably ok where you are but it would be cheap to close one or the other or both so you can get some sleep tonight.

ryan
 
I cannot foresee tomorrow's SET troubling you at all. You should be quite fine.

Quote from piccon:

I am going to leave it. If 25 points on the down side and 20 points on top are not good enough, It doesn't make sense to trade SPX at all.

I want to leave it the way it is.

Good luck
 
Hey Coach:

That's a good price even though you didn't get the full fill. If you'd like, I'll take those 15 at $0.35 off your hands. That's just what I was looking for. :)


Quote from optioncoach:

Market makers kiss my ass.......

I got filled on 15/125 of 1350/1365 Call Spreads @ $0.35 ( i was real agressive with my limit order).

So that gives me a limpy bitch Iron Condor with 125 1190/1205 put spreads and.........hold on to your hats....... 15 1350/1365 Call spreads LOL.

I better get filled on the rest :(
 
I think this is a very relavant issue, and I would like to learn more about it. To me the more "professional" we can all become the better off we are. After my time trading CS's and IC's, I have become a risk manager first and foremost. So if you don't mind answering specific questions, let me pose a few more.
1) When you join this prop shop, are you going to be using a trading system from your "home" or will you have to walk into a physical place or office?
2) How much capital is required to begin trading this way, or for the prop shop to consider you a "client"/"trader"?
3) Are the fees higher than OX or TS since you will probably be paying for market data and other pro tools? (obviously the advantages being spoken of do require some cost)
4) Where did you go to find this prop shop that you are joining?

I don't want to become a "full time trader", but I also do not see the advantages of saying a retail trader forever. For example, I was dying to trade the market decline in japan, but had no way to do it. Is there a middle ground somewhere? And does that middle ground just require more money, which for some might be a issue, and some it may not.

skd

Quote from optioncoach:

SkDoyle:

With respect to the comment on being a full-time trader, remember that my option trades are month to month and I do not daytrade options. Therefore once I put a position on, I am really not doing anything but monitoring. So I would not classify my option trading as full-time and I assume there are many prop option traders who simply use the set-up for the advantages and are not necessarily full-time traders.

I have pulled the prop conversation into this thread so that we all are exposed to different ideas and set-ups. Also I have a bad habit of sort of pulling you all in to what I am thinking or doing as it is happening so since I am getting involved in option prop, it was something I figured others would be curious about. My first interest and education in prop also begin by diving into discussions of it here. The more you know.... the more you know!
 
Coach,
Correct me if I am wrong, but I would like to restate that this repair strategy does not work unless you have a risk based margin system to fund the fly and the associated roll down of the credit spread.

Or you can convience the complience department at your brokerage to free up your reg-t margin.

skd


Quote from Heatheranderson:

I just joined this messageboard.I must say i am fascinated by this style of trading(month to month condors and spreads). I am also glad you shared the prego fly repair strategy.
what i would like to know is how do you decide what strikes to open when deciding on a trade.Is it based on how many levels of support you have in between or based on risk/reward or something else?.

thanks in advance...
 
I only got filled on 15 of them and then the bid ask spread went south. I will just leave it. If the market surges some more I can add the other 110. i was happy with the price since I first went in at $0.25 and then decided to go for it at $0.35 in the middle.

Quote from rdemyan:

Hey Coach:

That's a good price even though you didn't get the full fill. If you'd like, I'll take those 15 at $0.35 off your hands. That's just what I was looking for. :)
 
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