Oh, actually this is a Canadian underlying, whose option chain trades on the Montreal exchange...which is known for lower liquidity, more MM...
My first thought too -- that MM was well-aware that OI was low, so knew he could get away with a lowball Bid, as there didn't appear to be much in...
Yup, definitely knew the risks in getting into a relatively thin option contract, this being one of them. I regret polluting my OP with the...
So I've got a bunch of long calls I want to sell/close, with the expiration date 3 weeks away. I'm accustomed to seeing the Bid at 5 or 10 cents...
Something I'd find really useful but can't figure out how to do: I monitor an option chain that's somewhat thinly traded -- perhaps 100 contracts...
I've just begun expanding my understanding of order types past the standard market- / limit- / stop- orders (mostly since IB offers about 20x as...
Just wondering whether the following arbitrage idea has a 'name' (as I'm clearly not the first one to have thought of something like it), and...
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