This is a duplicate post. Please refer to the post with same title under "Order Executions" forum. My question is about whether paper trading...
I just posted a trade in my TOS paper trading account and it was filled. It was a SPY 114/115 bull call spread for a $0.88 debit (using options...
They do have a "know your customer" questionnaire that asks for info about annual income, experience, net worth etc. After the second...
I normally prefer not to post on such philosophical issues as there are many different opinions and more than one person can be correct...buy any...
It ended when TDAmeritrade bought out Thinkorswim !!
I am not sure if you understood my original post but anyway.... Most brokers, definitely TDA, have diff trading levels for trading options....
I struck out a second time with TDA trying to get approval to trade spreads. In any case, their commission is too high if trading around 50-100...
Also consider this about backtesting: as is familiar to anyone who has read a mutual fund prospectus "past performance does not guarantee future...
Thanks MGJ Of all the replies yours was at least a bit helpful; I did not think about the in sample/out of sample method. But after...
No sir, my backtesting is most definitely NOT of the type "If I had bought GOOG in 1998" or "If I had bought MSFT in 1982" etc... I can prove...
I am not sure if this is the best forum but I will post anyway. It is okay if someone moves it to the appropriate forum. Let's say I have a few...
I emailed TDAmeritrade customer service and they said this: For long positions, when entering a stop loss order to exit the trade the bid price...
Say you want to exit a long option position at a loss; you set a stop loss order. The problem is due to the wide bid/ask spread in the options...
Please help me out with this learning exercise. I have thought about this problem intuitively and would like input from other experts on this...
Let's say I have $50K in my account. Also, I am long 100 contracts of a 95/100 bull call spread with the underlying at 105 at expiration....
Without bending the rules or lying on an application form, I believe it is hard for a newbie/inexperienced trader to obtain options trading...
I have Level 2 option trading previliges with TDA - meaning I can buy options, sell covered calls and cash secured puts. I cannot trade spreads or...
Does anyone know how to place a vertical spread order on TDA? It can be placed as two separate orders and the commissions are not very different...
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