by Joanna White | May 7, 2017 | Trading
SPX and SPY are two very similar instruments from which a trader can choose. Today we will talk a bit about the similarities and differences between the two. What is SPX? SPX is the nickname for the Standard and Poor's 500 Index. It is based on the 500 largest...
by Tom Nunamaker | Feb 6, 2016 | News, Options trading, Trading
I came across an interesting announcement from CBOE that they are adding a new SPX weekliy option that expires on Wednesdays! OptionVue and OptionNET Explorer have some work to add the new options into their software now! Here's the CBOE press release: CHICAGO, Feb....
by Tom Nunamaker | Aug 22, 2014 | General
The Round Table meeting had two parts. Tom showed the SPX Broken Wing Butterfly trade he's been trading. Then Jim showed his VXX and UVXY volatility based trades he's been doing. We recorded this event and it is posted in our free members area. Get your free login...
by Tom Nunamaker | Jul 21, 2014 | Options trading, Trading
Time for a new trade in SPX. Another broken wing butterfly trade expiring on Aug 23rd with 33 days to expiration. The ten lot of puts are at 1945/1920/1860. The 1920's were about a -19 true delta (in OptionVue). I sold two lots at a $1.90 credit and eight lots at a...
by Tom Nunamaker | Jun 25, 2014 | General
We've had some interesting discussions in our forums about the market topping. Garret is a long time Gann trader and showed us his charts that predicted the SPX topping on June 23 at 1959. The peak yesterday was 1968.17, one day off from Garret's prediction....
