Retail brokers don't trade options for 500 mio. This info is provided to agnecies like Reuters, Bloomberg, MNI by bank dealers. Counterparties for options with larger notionals could be hedge funds or big companies. I traded plain vanilla and ...

How FX options can affect spot price heading in to expiration

Time of expiriation is agreed between the buyer and seller. Usually it is on one of the major fixings: Tokyo fix – 0:55 GMT Tokyo cut – 7:00 AM London time ECB fix – 1:15 PM London time New York cut – 10:00 AM New York time, which is 3:00 PM London ...

How FX options can affect spot price heading in to expiration

The problem with the bariers is that we don't know if it is American or European. If it is European only at the expiry matters if the spot is above or below the strike.

How FX options can affect spot price heading in to expiration

All eyes on the debt talks in the US. Option prices show that increased volatility is expected. Today trading will look more like gambling. The good news is that the deadline is near.

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Most Volatile Pairs

I get this info form my brokers news. Here you can get it free url . The size of the AUDUSD option is 500 mio.

How FX options can affect spot price heading in to expiration

Info about the large options expiries could be found anywhere. Sometimes even the volumes are published. You can't rely 100% on this info, but I follow it for years. I think it is pretty correct. If you see expiry of option with notional of 500 mio ...

How FX options can affect spot price heading in to expiration

STE in a slow motion spot market. Initial stop is 4 pips. 1st part +5.2 pips.

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2.5 pts profit for EUR/USD, 57 pts profit for GBP/USD

Following the big money

Volatility trades. EUR/USD ladders strangle with strikes 1.35503/1.35703. Total cost 20 pts (or pips). Half closed at 30 pts. GBP/USD ladders strangle with strikes 1.59623/1.59823. Total cost 20.5 pts (or pips). Half closed at 55 pts. Expiry 8:40 ...

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The best entry is with 2B. Conditions for this strategy: -the price move is losing momentum; -strong support or resistance level is near; -market is oversold or overbought. Sell 1 pip below the previous swing high (for short) or buy 1 pip above the ...

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You can trade any strategy with binary options. I trade the same strategy on spot or with binary options. When yu use optiosn you just have to pick carefullly your strikes and expiries.

Why Binary Forex Options are better than Spot Forex

I think that one of the differences between the profitable and losing traders is that the former know when to stay on the sidelines.

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The US markets are closed for the Columbus day. This is the proper time for the "sit and wait" strategy. Trading is not gambling.

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The debt markets are pricing some kind of default url

USA Debt deadline discussion

Check the stats for ZEW url . If you're trading for profit the initial price reaction is very improtant. Calculate the expected value, not the probability.

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url The current debt limit of $16.699 trillion was reached in May.

USA Debt deadline discussion

I trade mostly FX options-vanilla and binaries. Prefer to trade volatility rather than price. Friday took 10 pips before Canada employment data qith a long strangle. Closed november vix 18 call@260 (bought @125). Still hold december 20 call. Vix ...

Let's Trade Options

I have to know that optiosn provide much more trading opportunities that you can ever imagine. Start with a book about the options basics. What you have to learn is how to interpret the options Greeks. If you know the Greeks you know the options. I ...

Let's Trade Options

I've been trading news releases since 2004. The last few years volaitlity is very low. Central banks monetary policy is predictable for months ahead and the economic data have almost no impact. Don't trade the news like this until FED starts to slow ...

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