by Tom Nunamaker | Sep 17, 2014 | Options trading, Trading
FOMC meeting announcement today. The U.S. equity markets hardly reacted but the U.S. dollar got stronger, so the EURUSD sold off about 90 pips. The 6E futures options trade is still down, but we are still at a very low delta so the trade is still in good shape! I...
by Tom Nunamaker | Sep 17, 2014 | News, Options trading, Trading
Jim Riggio and former Goldman Partner Ian Scott have been buying Yahoo calls for the last two months for the Alibaba IPO. See why they did that and how their results have been. Enjoy the video! Join us in the forums to discuss these trades or your...
by Tom Nunamaker | Sep 16, 2014 | Options trading, Trading
I updated my trades in SPX, RUT and 6E futures options. The RUT call credit spread was +$850 in one day! I'm trying to close it on Tuesday. SPX is drifting lower but we are negative delta so that's ok. 6E is going sideways which will help us; however, volatility keeps...
by Tom Nunamaker | Sep 14, 2014 | Options trading, Trading
I updated my trades in SPX, RUT and 6E futures options. I had to adjust the near term SPX trade to flatten the T+0 line a bit but the trade is still in great position. The RUT is a weekly trade…a call credit spread and the 6E futures options (on the EURUSD) is...
by Tom Nunamaker | Sep 12, 2014 | Options trading, Trading
Len Yates, founder and CEO of OptionVue International, was our guest last night on the Round Table. Len showed us the latest volatility modeling he's implemented into OptionVue software that more accurately simulates the volatility changes that occur in a stock before...
by Tom Nunamaker | Sep 12, 2014 | Options trading, Trading
The EURUSD is starting to consolidate, which will help our put credit spread position. The short delta is -7.9 so we're in pretty good shape. SPX continues to stay near 2000 which is helping all of the butterfly positions. Over all slight negative delta with good...