The following is the OptionBT sighting of
"After 9/11".
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Title :
"After 9/11"
Position taken :
September 28,2001
Position Description :
Nine Months out,
300 point vertical bear call spread for credit,
Margin required per pair $30,000/pair,
Short side out of the money by 360 points
Expiration/Settlement :
June 2002 / Settlement = 991.33
Count :
1700 pairs
Credit or (Debit) :
$357,000
Margin :
$30,000 per pair * 1700 = $51,000,000
Results :
Net = + $357,000
Comments : "After 9/11"
"After 9/11" is a good example of the mind set of the S&P 500 index option traders
after the suspension of trading for a week. There was serious doubt among the
traders that the market would rebound any time soon.
"A9/11" represents a group that had correctly judged that the situation
would not correct itself right away and a crippled market would have no
large upside risk. Even though the margin requirement for this trade was
incredible ($51M) there was little risk that the margin would be forfeited.
The great likelyhood here is that the investors said to one another that even
though this was a lot to tie up and the results were to be meager, it still made sense.
Under these traumatic conditions the $357,000 earned from this trade was probably
just enough to keep the
lights burning.
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