Has anyone on this forum ever hit the 200k or more number of contracts when trading options? I know the threshold for equity options is 250k, and I believe with index options there is no limit. I am thinking in particular with vertical spreads etc, this large trading size may come in useful, if one has the availability of funds. The profit and loss swings would be quite huge.
Trading 200k Options Contracts...
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Just trying to gauge whether this can be done really. Tapping into the largest contract sizes can be the most profitable, especially when some option spreads can be executed very cheaply.
100k options is 10mm shares. For a big retail it would only kind of be practical at a penny stock.
for institutional, my desk (not me) traded 150k options in one clip one day. I won’t divulge the trade but some street veterans will figure it out.
200k options contracts would be an insane number to trade.
Even if a trader traded a million dollars worth of options, it would still be a relatively tiny number of contracts.
An order that size would be the equivalent of a blue whale being dropped into an Olympic-size swimming pool.
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Yes indeed. One full point move with an order of this size would be worth 20 million, up or down.
I think that person probably gave up living after incurring massive losses
start small. then increase trading quantity as you become proficient in trading.