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Strategies & Market Trends : Options 201: Beyond Obi-Wan-Kenobe

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To: Dan Duchardt who started this subject	4/27/2003 12:16:42 AM
From: jt101	Read Replies (2) of 1064

On IB thread you wrote : "I read something recently about a proposal to recognize futures as an offsetting instrument to cover options. With the already low "margin" (performance bond) requirements to hold futures positions this could become a very attractive alternative, comparable in cost to option spreads but without the time decay of the long side. Many of the risks of futures trading that have surfaced here in recent replies are mitigated by hedging futures against options." Can you elaborate on this? or point me to the url if available online? The reason I am asking is, a lot of times I trade ES/NQ, and also options on QQQ/DIA etc, though I trade them independent of each other. ty...

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