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Slightly different story for Options. For short-term Options traders, OEX
Options were the hottest thing since indoor plumbing a couple of years ago
-- Today, the most active front-month Options contracts in QQQs trade at
least 10 to 1 more volume than OEX contracts. Today (11/27/01), Dec Calls
traded well over 50K contracts and OEX less than 5K -- No doubt, the
action is in the QQQs for Options traders!
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At 06:22 PM 11/27/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Looks as if NQ wins on all counts:
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>Margin Requirements:
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> 1 contract of NQ worth $32,000 ... Margin = $4,125
> 800 shares of QQQ worth $32,000 ... Margin = $16,000
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>Bid/Ask spread:
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> NQ: 1 point = $20 on one contract
> QQQ: 0.05 /share = $40 on 800 shares
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>Liquidity:
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> NQ: 860,000 contracts/week = $28 billion/week
> QQQ: 242,010,000 shares/week = $10 billion/week
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>
>Bob Fulks
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