These are the basics of a trade IB executed for me last Friday morning (closing a SPY broken wing butterfly). Trade ID Option Execution Time...
Thanks for pulling me up on the calcs. I did have the 44.8% return in the spreadsheet under the % Return from Max Risk column. Then I got confused...
Thanks, pol, for the clarification. This equates to 36-48K per year which is worth aiming for. Cottle, in his intro to 'Options Trading:The...
I think if I had a large number of contracts on, I would be nervous too about that 38/42/46/50 condor! As you can see from the spreadsheet I...
The posted spreadsheet details a March QQQQ iron condor with $400 margin, $99 final net credit after commissions and 99/(400-99) = 32.89% return.
I am a novice option trader with a small account, currently trading credit spreads/iron condors on IB, primarily with SPY options. When I...
I am trying to get into the IB API for Excel, primarily for loading Option Chains for live analysis. In their sample program (TwsDDEbeginner.xls,...
This isnt to bash IB but I'm wondering if anyone else experienced my problem on the afternoon of Friday 14th March i.e. when I requested a...
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