Recent Content by SirCurNon

  1. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    If this was any average priced stock the close would have been $30.03 or $60.06 or $100.10 The posted weekend GOOG bid ask spread is 42 cents....
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 11, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. OptionsXpress vs. thinkorswim

    The IB rep for poor customer service would nix them for me. Especially the Jun 17 goog 280 Calls fiasco I've read. OX was on the ball stopping...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 9, 2005 in forum: Options

  3. OptionsXpress vs. thinkorswim

    Got a dollar on the Sept 12.5 Puts with stock around 12.90. Now a nickel bid and ridiculous ask and I refuse to give back a penny. ;)
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 8, 2005 in forum: Options

  4. OptionsXpress vs. thinkorswim

    Sorry, you are correct re the Screener. What I did ask for was the addition of a delta screen which would greatly reduce the size of my...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 8, 2005 in forum: Options

  5. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    I agree. I think there may be legal action going on as I am sure this is not the only case of the goog 30cent incident. The OX customer rep I...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 8, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    vhehn I guess it is okay to change the rules of the game? The above site as well as the CBOE site I previously posted ( and emailed btw ) hold...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 8, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    I never did have much respect for the CBOE as this is not the first case of misinformation I have encountered on their site. I called OX today...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 7, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    The issue in this thread is auto assignment of ITM long options in an IRA account which by law can not be a margin account because it can not...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 6, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    Would IB have permitted 16 long Put options to expire ITM and Short Sell 1600 shares of GOOG? Do you know the laws regarding IRA accounts?...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 6, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. OptionsXpress vs. thinkorswim

    I waited until the price dropped to near 12.50 and then sold 12.50 Puts. If you were paying attention and read the SEC filing you would have seen...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 6, 2005 in forum: Options

  11. Possible Etrade Fraud

    I would put a link to this forum on some of the misc.invest.* News Groups. Use Google.com and click Groups and then enter misc.invest The...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 6, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. Direct access broker with GTC stops

    OptionsXpress has GTC that is good until canceled and not some arbitrary number of bewitching days. They also have varieties of stops, trailing...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 6, 2005 in forum: Retail Brokers

  13. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    As described, IB performed an illegal act by creating debt in an IRA. The FBI is the enforcement branch of the Justice Department. What is so...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 6, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  14. Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    There are 2 issues here: 1. A US IRA can never incur a debt nor be permitted to incur a debt The OCC will never automatically assign an ITM...
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 5, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  15. Maybe we should let china have unocal

    Okay mschey so a French company buys it and sells it to China.
    Post by: SirCurNon, Jul 5, 2005 in forum: Economics