I heard on the radio today that the market has priced in a 100% chance the fed will lower interest rates by 25 bp, and 20% chance the fed will...
just a thought.. when you find a disparity in the price levels of a pair and you put on a trade (hedge, arbitrage, whatever), you must believe...
you care to mention what kind of payout, and what the size of the funds will be?
on quote.com livecharts the naz 100 e-mini is NQ01U.. 01 is the year, H = march, M = june, U = september, and Z = december. also, SP01U for S&P...
Looks like your example is legging in to writing a covered call. If you had written the calls when you purchased stock, you would be fine. It's...
I don't think you are missing anything.. The only advantage of trading stocks is that there is more selection -- i.e. you are stuck with a few...
It sounds like IB is doing it correctly.. the initial margin applies until the next trading day afaik. Imagine if they switched to the...
I use the cboe to look up option chains, and then the quote.com livecharts applet ($10/mo) to chart them.. the cboe doesnt seem to have the best...
try this: http://world.altavista.com/ not perfect.. but maybe helpful
blackjack, here are a few practical points i thought of.. 1. stable stocks usually do not offer high premiums for selling calls.. i haven't...
With 4:1 margin rather than 2:1 wouldnt the magic number now be 50k?
IMHO, simplify, simplify, simplify. Remove as many things as you can.. indicators, programs, trading rooms, strategies, etc. The less you have...
It seems like it is supposed to give the MMs an opportunity to gap the stock to a more reasonable level given the news. If the stock had to trade...
as far as i know, 1 option contract = 100 shares. if the stock splits, then so does the option.
The latest issue of Stocks & Commodities has a pretty good article on the chance of total wipeout.. I checked their site and here is the intro...
I have wanted to do this for several years, but never got around to looking into the laws.. I hope to see some useful responses in this thread....
There are several online brokers that allow spread orders now (mr stock, optionsxpress).. I would think that could put a large strain on floor...
Is there any kind of order book for spreads? or does the floor broker just quote a price he feels warm and fuzzy about?
Firstly, I assume that you won't see a new bid/ask placed in the market when you enter a spread order, because you have a limit for the whole...
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