Recent Content by Benthecat

  1. $1 options

    Is it possible to post a chart of that option and the run from 1 to 175? Thanks
    Post by: Benthecat, Apr 5, 2014 in forum: Options

  2. how does volatility surface work in market practice

    What kind of model is used to price SPX options, their volatilities and skew? Is there a model that calculates the change of IV over time (IV...
    Post by: Benthecat, Mar 21, 2014 in forum: Options

  3. Orderbook priority and GTC orders

    @jeb9999 Thanks for the links. I always thought that IB holds the GTC order on their servers and submits these orders each day. So I was wrong...
    Post by: Benthecat, Jan 11, 2012 in forum: Index Futures

  4. Orderbook priority and GTC orders

    Hello, I'm trading ober IB and oftenn using good till canceled orders. GTC orders aren't supported by Globex and the order is sent by IB to the...
    Thread by: Benthecat, Jan 9, 2012, 2 replies, in forum: Index Futures

  5. "GW" - Grey Wolf, Inc. options pricing

    @DestertTrader Thanks a lot for your detailled answer. Election deadline was Dec. 19th Election was on Dec. 23th. One thing is confusing...
    Post by: Benthecat, Jan 5, 2009 in forum: Options

  6. "GW" - Grey Wolf, Inc. options pricing

    @DesertTrader, @all I had 3100 short GW till monday 22th december. On that day I closed all my shorts: bought 3100 GW. => So my account...
    Post by: Benthecat, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  7. "GW" - Grey Wolf, Inc. options pricing

    @DesertTrader Info is very useful - thnkas! Isn't such a huge dicrepancy between that what electing and non-electing stockholders get unfair....
    Post by: Benthecat, Dec 13, 2008 in forum: Options

  8. "GW" - Grey Wolf, Inc. options pricing

    Problem ist that I'm not sure if it's really an arb. There is a pending merger and it's still not clear what the price will be. There are...
    Post by: Benthecat, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: Options

  9. "GW" - Grey Wolf, Inc. options pricing

    Hi, actually at IB there are more than 1 million shares available to borrow. Another thing is that GW is increasing and at the same time the...
    Post by: Benthecat, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: Options

  10. "GW" - Grey Wolf, Inc. options pricing

    Hello, can anybody explain how the GW options are priced? Puts have a much higher IV than the calls and there is a pending merger with "PDS"....
    Thread by: Benthecat, Dec 12, 2008, 16 replies, in forum: Options

  11. GM volatility skew!

    @dmo Thanks for the good link.
    Post by: Benthecat, Dec 1, 2008 in forum: Options

  12. GM volatility skew!

    @dmo Where in your IB statement could you see how much they charged for stock lending? Thanks
    Post by: Benthecat, Nov 30, 2008 in forum: Options

  13. GM volatility skew!

    It's possible to short GM. Not all the time, but it is possible (@ IB)
    Post by: Benthecat, Nov 28, 2008 in forum: Options