Recent Content by SteveGoTex

  1. Options STOP Order at IB

    My apologies. Looks like I was wrong about the fees on option stop orders. When I saw the responses on this thread I went back and looked at...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jan 29, 2010 in forum: Options

  2. Options STOP Order at IB

    IB DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR CANCELING A STOP ORDER. It is not resting on the exchange, it is at the broker. I tried to say that above, but...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jan 28, 2010 in forum: Options

  3. Options STOP Order at IB

    "You cannot cancel it after it triggers?" I would assume you could try to cancel any STOP order after it triggers, before it executes. On a...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jan 28, 2010 in forum: Options

  4. Options STOP Order at IB

    There is no fee if you cancel or modify a STOP order before it triggers. There is no fee if you cancel a SMART routed option spread order, or...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jan 27, 2010 in forum: Options

  5. OIH Options

    Thanks
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Dec 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  6. OIH Options

    I have been trading time spreads on OIH. Periodically, the options series gets renamed, and after this my broker only allows closing transactions...
    Thread by: SteveGoTex, Dec 3, 2009, 2 replies, in forum: Options

  7. IB vs ToS

    The TOS platform has a good risk profile tool for option trades. TOS has a good past reputaion for customer support, and you generally get timely...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Oct 9, 2009 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Long Iron Condor or Call calendar ?

    Hey, Why are the mods letting these guys promote their little web app? I complained to the mods, but with no result. Stop polluting this...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Aug 6, 2009 in forum: Options

  9. Leaps

    It is compelling for native English speakers to treat nouns that end in 'S' as plural. To me it is obvious that those who coined this acronym,...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jul 31, 2009 in forum: Options

  10. Pros and Cons for using options as a direct substitute for the underlying?

    I get what you are saying. I was not inferring that there was a competition, there is none. I assume you and several others here know stuff I...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jul 31, 2009 in forum: Options

  11. Pros and Cons for using options as a direct substitute for the underlying?

    Ok, maybe the horse is just sick ;) Xflat, I will stipulate that you know lots more about options than I do. It would help me if you could...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jul 31, 2009 in forum: Options

  12. Pros and Cons for using options as a direct substitute for the underlying?

    I am insuring a $3600 position in a stock. There are 2 ways I know of to do that: 1. One way to insure is to buy the stock plus a long put. If...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jul 31, 2009 in forum: Options

  13. Pros and Cons for using options as a direct substitute for the underlying?

    I am not just going long on a LEAP, and doing nothing else. I am buying a LEAP and taking the money I would have used to buy the underlying out of...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jul 31, 2009 in forum: Options

  14. Pros and Cons for using options as a direct substitute for the underlying?

    If you are expecting to trade them between now and Dec 2010, then yes, big time. What I was describing was an 18 month long position in a LEAP,...
    Post by: SteveGoTex, Jul 31, 2009 in forum: Options