It's sad that instead of helping people you just want to insult and bully them. Yes, I'm a beginner. I've read a couple of books. I'm already...
Well yes, the breakout failed obviously. That's actually the point of my question. There was a big price spike on big volume, followed by a big...
I'm not ignoring it. I just try to understand one point at a time. Please be patient with me. So you're saying it is a bullish pennant according...
Maybe I'm completely off here. Can you help me understand? I'm quite new to technical analysis. So I browsed through my watchlist trying to spot...
I recently traded two stocks that showed nice patterns, but were behaving really strange shortly after their breakouts. The first one is BSY:...
It actually didn't come to my mind, that it could be a bug. I'm always using the stable verions of the TWS. So I assumed I did something wrong....
I'm using the strategy builder to set up a bear call spread on EUR futures options. I can set up the trade without problems, but when I want to...
I asked IB for advice and this is what they answered: "The ~17k margin requirement is for the entire account. Your equities carry a margin...
All right, now this is really strange. I just found a Margin Report in the reports section in the account management. Turns out not just my short...
Even in a cash account IB displays the initial and maintenance margin for the short puts. But you defenitely need the cash in the account. It'...
Just this week I switched my account from an ordinary cash account to a Reg T Margin account. Until now the current margin was about as high as...
I think I solved the mystery. After I took a look at the covered call option leading to the sell of the shares, I noticed the premium is $65,...
What I meant was, I tried every calculation in hope of getting the P/L that IB came up with. But nothing worked so far.
Commissions are minimal: 1$ for buying the shares and 0.05$ for closing the lot. So that (alone) can't be it. But, you're probably right. I'll...
Don't worry, I don't gamble with options. I mainly use them for buying and selling. I wanted to sell BLX anyway so I wrote a covered call, thus...
A couple of weeks ago I already asked that question, but no one could help me. After some analyzing I came across the Trades section of the...
You completely misunderstood my question. I'm absolutely content with all trades I've done. Moreover my position with BLX is doing pretty well...
I'm currently analyzing my Activity Statement, especially the Realized Performance Summary and I came across some Profit/Loss positions I just...
I'm always impressed how fast I get a couple of helpful answers in this forum. Thanks to all of you. You're absolutely right. I will never use...
When earnings are announced, it's not uncommon that the stock price rises or falls by 10, 20 or even 30%. Usally I don't put too much attention on...
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