Today's activity: Buy: 5 X OCT 135/140 @ 3.9 + $7 comm. stock at 184.7, expected gross profit = 550. Not...
Today's activity: BUYS: 10 UNG JAN09 40/45 bought 6 spreads @ 3.4 +10.56 commission...
Friday's activity: sold: 7 FWLT AUG 40/45 @ 4.85 on a GTC order cost was 3.8 gross profit = 735.00...
todays activity: sold: 3 TDW JUL 40/45 @ 4.87 cost was 3.7 net profit (after commissions in & out) 342.6 5 X...
"return" wrong word? Change "return" for "profit excluding commision".
today's activity: buys (no sells today): all buys are bull call debit spreads unless noted 5 CNX JAN09 65/70 @ 3.7...
Thanks. I'm using a MacBook right now running "parallel" to emulate Win XP. Works fine at home. Maybe there are some settings on the Mac that...
Anyone having trouble connecting laptops to IB's TWS when using commercial wireless vendors away from home? At home, my wireless connections are...
todays activity: COST Net Profit...
I'm a retired Electrical Engineer learning to dabble in options. My only claim to fame here is taking a 100k portfolio in Jan 2006 to about 200k...
"Don't spend all day." Right. Spend about a year finding and deciding on a strategy that most suits your personal style and risk tolerance. Make...
Thanks Dan. Great site. This is why I visit this forum - to pick up the occasion jewel.
Yeah I trade bull call spreads (debit). Actually I probably could find examples by going through my transactions, but frankly it' notworth the...
This is a good question, and I hope someone can answer it for us. This has happened several times to me. I trade spreads, and on occasion I look...
IB doesn't charge to modify spread orders. For example to change the number of contracts or the price. They do charge to cancle orders. One can...
Disappearing iPhones? Lots of them sold oversees using different carriers - not ATT. Also the hackers opened up the phone to other carriers. I...
CFC at 9.65. april $5 calls at $6 (from yahoo site this weekend) buy the stock then sell covered calls at $6 -- net cost $3.65. If...
I trade spreads. Occasionally my short calls get exercised early, so suddenly I have to buy some stock. If my margin is sufficient I can easily...
I have two types of "secure devices"from IB. One is the electronic card described above with the 8 digit challange number you enter. The other...
at least for the nasdaq: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/BarChartSectors.stm?&lnk=I select your sector to see individual companies and...
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