Below is an illustration trading futures options on Crude Oil. Our post shows bullish and bearish positions using a combination of call and put options.
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Crude Oil * Directional & Neutral Positions
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Term Structure
Volatility
Options fall into the category of being slightly overvalued in volatile markets in the weekly options report.
Notes:
Contract Size - 1,000 barrels.
Tick Size: Outright: dollars and cents with 0.01 points=$10
Trading Hours: CME Globex: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (CST).
* Tip: Understanding what the numbers mean when looking at Crude Oil prices. The quotation you see is U.S. dollars and cents per barrel (42 gallons). Each contract you are buying or selling is 1,000 barrels. A 1 tick move is $10 USD calculated as $0.01 x 1,000 barrels.
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Charts
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Strategies
The % yield shown in the diagrams below represent an estimated return on margin from projected dates shown below. The structure has positive time decay which is an advantage over holding outright options.
Iron Condor
Below is a bearish iron condor. There's a tug of war between the demand equation of supply cuts from OPEC in relation to supply side storage economics. The spread gains with positive time decay and slight decline in implied volatility over the next 2 weeks.
Vertical Swap
Below is a bullish directional play if one were biased to the upside. Note this structure has low margin requirement, negligible impact on changes to implied volatility (Vega) while still maintaining positive time decay.
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