Assuming you have less than 1m in your account, you can see the 30x rule working by opening an order entry panel for 200 Jun 14 SPX 3000/3100/3200...
Yeah it's madness. Really hurt one guy I know who had tail risk insurance in Feb/Mar that exploded in value and ironically as a result prevented...
The point is not optimizing the example trade. The problem is that traders normally expect the notional value of offsetting options to be...
The answer is C. The only thing you can do with the account is reduce open positions. You cannot open new positions even if they serve to reduce...
The multiple choice is not about what you should do, it's about what you can do. The account is marked at about $215,000. Cash is $170,000....
No, but I know traders who were for VERY surprising and NEW reasons which I am trying to bring to light.
You trade SPX options and open a portfolio margin account at IB with 200k USD. SPX is about 2650 and you want a bearish options position. You...
What rational person would accede to such an arrangement? I wouldn't. It becomes a complicated legal question of who or what is in control of...
No doubt the music will be Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - O Fortuna. They love to play that doom music on Fast.
I wonder how auto insurance would work with driverless cars. The liability surely shifts from the driver to the automation. What (automation)...
I don't care of they were on a musk flight to mars, no one puts my dog in the overhead. I would not allow it.
Horrible tragedy but I have to say, if it were me and the flight attendant insisted that I put my dog in the overhead, I would absolutely refuse...
They effectively told him he cannot protect his portfolio by adding gamma where he pleases which is both ridiculous and a serious problem for an...
So long teenies are now margined at 100k at IB. If you live long enough, you see it all.
The reverse conversion is short underlying + long synthetic. With an ES short at 2750, one synthetic would be to short the 2750 puts and buy the...
Expecting a halt very soon.
-55 now. We might see -100 handles in the after hours ES. Huge unwind.
Yes, I believe TT calls their network infrastructure "TTNET" so check with the broker to make sure that's the connectivity they are using, else...
Seems like he is a "stream of consciousness" trader. Not knocking it, if he's got a good feel for the market -- some traders have a talent for...
Apparently Infinity Futures still believes Rob Hoffman still has credibility. I guess they didn't get the memo. "Live Trading & Strategies...
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