Which brokers offer SPX option trading during pre-market hours?
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Not sure why you would want to trade options pre-market. Volumes would be extremely thin. For trading options you usually want high volume and liquidity. Low volume options usually have massive bid / ask spreads and are harder to exit your position.
Not sure why you would want to trade options pre-market. Volumes would be extremely thin. For trading options you usually want high volume and liquidity. Low volume options usually have massive bid / ask spreads and are harder to exit your position.
8:30 am EST (when major U.S. Economic Reports come out) is important time point for me, I don't really care volume, I just use limit price order. Future could change a lot at 8:30 am.
8:30 am EST (when major U.S. Economic Reports come out) is important time point for me, I don't really care volume, I just use limit price order. Future could change a lot at 8:30 am.
Yes, but you have to be positioned in advance of the news event in order to profit from it 99% of the time. Buying options after the 8:30 AM news is announced is rarely a profitable strategy. Usually the options value spikes in implied volatility right away then fades gradually. The winners are the option writers (sellers) who are the opposing party on the transaction. Even if you get a pop on the S&P or whatever underlying stock, the options can decline quickly in value. Alternatively, why not just buy the options the day before? If you know an 8:30 AM news event will occur and you want to profit?
the options can decline quickly in value. Alternatively, why not just buy the options the day before? If you know an 8:30 AM news event will occur
You have answered the question for me. There is value declined overnight. There is always time decay, and I don't want to lose money while I am sleeping.
I care about the news event, but don't want to get in too early.
Not sure why you would want to trade options pre-market. Volumes would be extremely thin. For trading options you usually want high volume and liquidity. Low volume options usually have massive bid / ask spreads and are harder to exit your position.
i agree , i never trade pre market .
prices are so out of whack many times pre the actual opening because of thin trading . also bids and asks can be extreme.
it’s almost as bad as trading on those weekend stock trading sites like ig weekend wall street
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