Rules are trade options on SPY I.T.M. calls for long, puts for short.
Enter; when Wednesday or any day after wends trades above for Calls/below Puts mon-tues range. 20-22 points on the ES is 1 point in nearest ITM options.
Exit; when you have 40 points (roughly 1.8-2 option points, depends on $VIX) or 3:00 Friday afternoon which ever comes first. Or when the SPY trades over the opposite high/low
We'll use the ES as an example. The week of;
12/29.....+40 points
1/05......+22 points
1/12......+40 points
1/19......No trade
1/26......-25 points Wide range Mon-tues trading
2/02......+40 points
2/09......-10 points Wide range Mon-tues trading
2/16......+10 points
2/23......-30 points
3/02......+25 points
3/09......+25 points
3/16......-10 points
3/23......Flat trade
3/30......+20 points
Total +147 points since start of 2009. Thats +7350 for the ES with one contract. With a max draw down of 1500.
Or my favorite with options would netted about 7 points with options depends on price of $VIX. With a draw down of about $1100. But the Amount to trade the same is much less than the 6400 that it take to trade the ES. about $2200 would get you 10 options on the SPY which would equal one ES.
I have been trading this for a while. Over a year and it works well with a few indicators and scaling in/out helps a bit as well....
NE
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Joe,
I have dealt with futures but not with options in it. Is there any site that you recommend for reading up on it? The terminology, costs, etc?
I have dealt with futures but not with options in it. Is there any site that you recommend for reading up on it? The terminology, costs, etc?