Recent Content by elite74

  1. IB Exposure Fee

    to clarify from your post -- the fee looks at -30% OR +20% the fee is not charged on Fridays, but on Saturdays, since Friday is a weekly...
    Post by: elite74, Jul 15, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. IB Exposure Fee

    I'm not going to leave, but I am going to sell less options so I don't have to pay any fee. Therefore, this fee is costing them money (less...
    Post by: elite74, Jun 16, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. IB Exposure Fee

    But they price an SPX 1800P at $0.50 that expired 6/13/14. It expired, its price should be 0.00 not 0.50. (SPX is 1935)
    Post by: elite74, Jun 14, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. IB Exposure Fee

    After stuff expired Friday, closing some short options, making a deposit, and stopping writing options I should not have had any excess exposure....
    Post by: elite74, Jun 14, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. IB Exposure Fee

    I got the notice too. It seems to be a new thing since the "Stress Test" page did not have a box with the estimated fee in it until 5/31/14....
    Post by: elite74, Jun 7, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    I wouldn't be surprised considering it is hard to get any decent premium on SPX these days. I don't like the trade if it is a bunch of naked...
    Post by: elite74, May 2, 2014 in forum: Options

  7. Asking for new security device at IB?

    Thanks for letting us know ...
    Post by: elite74, Apr 28, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. $1 options

    I would rather own 1 put at 560 for 0.45, then 10 at 522.50 for 0.045. There are not many times that the 522.50 is going to beat the 560. also -...
    Post by: elite74, Apr 24, 2014 in forum: Options

  9. SP 500 addition and deletions

    wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies#Recent_changes_to_the_list_of_S.26P_500_Components
    Post by: elite74, Apr 21, 2014 in forum: Stocks

  10. Puzzled by IB's commissions

    First, 200 shares will have a lower commission than 125 shares if you are providing liquidity, and I think that is what happened. (ie. one time...
    Post by: elite74, Apr 15, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. Looks like Victor Niederhoffer blew up again

    Maybe a better grasp of common sense.
    Post by: elite74, Apr 11, 2014 in forum: Trading

  12. $1 options

    If I were playing a same day option, I would be doing it ATM.
    Post by: elite74, Apr 5, 2014 in forum: Options

  13. $1 options

    A bit misleading. But you could buy at 0.02 near the open (so $3 with commission). And value at close 1.63 (so $162 with commission). So a...
    Post by: elite74, Apr 5, 2014 in forum: Options

  14. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    What does it matter if it moved outside and then back inside the 2 SD level. She would have a margin call way before it even got to 2 SD.
    Post by: elite74, Mar 17, 2014 in forum: Options

  15. how to blow up a prop firm acc in 2 days

    looks like the SEC fee as a percentage of sales.
    Post by: elite74, Mar 16, 2014 in forum: Prop Firms