ACE E-Mini S&P - Mar 22, 2021

Below is an illustration trading futures options on E-Mini S&P.  Our post shows bullish and bearish positions using a combination of call and put options.


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Volatility

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Notes:

Contract Size - $50 x S&P 500 Index.

Tick Size:  Outright: 0.25 index points=$12.50

Trading Hours: CME Globex: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) with  trading halt 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Below are charts for reference.  

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Latest, Biggest, Busiest

Below is a snapshot with what's going on in the world of options with the most actively traded spreads.

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Below is an illustration of a Jun21 3900/3700 1x2 Put spread shown in the 2nd column above as a popular spread.

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1x2 put 3900 3700 target

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Strategies

Below are alternatives to popular spreads shown above.

The % yield shown in the diagram below represent a model of an estimated return on margin from projected dates shown. Both strategies below have positive time decay (theta) with time working for the position.

Put Butterfly

A variation to the 1x2 Put spread above is purchasing an additional put option changing it to a butterfly. It widens one's ability to cope with risk to the downside where the trade off is patience on time decay.

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1x2 put 3900 3700 3250 target

Calendar Put

The Calendar Put has positive Vega which benefits the position if the market sells off and implied volatility increases.

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