FOREX - Trends, Forecasts and Implications 2015(continued) - page 1735

 
pako:

TOSe has an OI, an ob'am and a premium

OI is only on the daytime TF, it is not broadcast online. Online OI for futures is broadcast on RosBirch in KVIC. Options are meaningless to watch there, they are illiquid.
 
vng_nemo:

If the price has not reached the strike before expiry

you lose the premium you paid when you bought the option.

You can throw the option away, you don't need it.

accordingly, the OI is nullified.

The "money has been redistributed" who and where? And what money are we talking about?

 
vng_nemo:
Options are meaningless to watch there, they are illiquid.
Are you saying that what the TOS broadcasts is irrelevant for options?
 
pako:

If the price has not reached the strike before expiry

you lose the premium you paid when you bought the option.

You can throw the option away, you don't need it.

accordingly, the OI is nullified.

The "money has been redistributed" who and where? And what money are we talking about?

You look at it from the other side, from the seller's side. He'll get that bonus in full. The dough is distributed from the buyer to the seller.
 
vng_nemo:
Options are meaningless to watch there, they are illiquid.

Are you saying that what the TOS broadcasts has no meaning for options?

Let's talk about the same thing i.e. options

Futures is another topic.

 
pako:
Are you saying that what TOS broadcasts is irrelevant for options?
I was talking about RosBirch. Everything is fine on CME.
 
vng_nemo:
Options are meaningless to watch there, they are illiquid.

Are you saying that what the TOS broadcasts has no meaning for options?

Let's talk about the same thing i.e. options

Futures is another topic.

 
vng_nemo:
You look at it from the other side, from the seller's side. He gets that bonus in full. The money is distributed from the buyer to the seller.
He won't, he already got it when he sold the option to the buyer.
 
vng_nemo:
I was talking about RosBirch. Everything is fine on CME.
Where does TOS get its data from, McDonald's?
 
pako:

If the price has not reached the strike before expiry

you lose the premium you paid when you bought the option.

You can throw the option away, you don't need it.

accordingly, the OI is nullified.

The "money has been redistributed" who and where? And what money are we talking about?

Wrong, if the premium went up, it went up in value and you can sell it before expiry.

In TOSE the OI of the past day, there is no online and nowhere else, the option desk is virtually non-existent.

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