A decision whether to sell the option or take the delivery of the underlying asset, should in my opinion, be based upon your expectation of what...
You welcome. Glad I could help.
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Even if you find an underlying asset that is negatively correlated (historically) to your currency pair, you still face a risk that both would go...
You took my sentence out of context. When I said they don't offer any benefit it was in reference specifically to trading. However, only a...
@J.P. companies such as TD and/or IB are also broker dealers who have the ability to offer custodian services. Other companies such as FCMs that...
Besides Market Delta, and IRT which are excellent, I recommend also to consider SierraChart for volume analysis:...
@dealmaker, I completely agree with you. my comments were geared towards those who live outside the USA and wish to engage purely in OTC products....
Why? Brokers could be regulated by the FCA (Financial Conduct Committee) if they are in the UK, and AFSL (Australian financial services licence)...
If size if of importance, we can also trade via ADM (Adjusted net cap of 318,999,702 according to the July report) We also clear WebBush if...
Their commissions on the page do not include routing fees. You have to add that according to your platform. Optimus can provide lower day trading...
Demo trading has diminishing marginal productivity. After a prolonged period of paper trading, a demo user creates his/her own reality of trading,...
Industry wise, on the retail side those who sell options, think of risk in terms of proximity to the strike price. They think that the further...
E-mini's are traded nearly 24 hours during the weekdays on the CME Globex system, whereas the SPY is only traded during normal and extended US...
If I understand your questions correctly, the impact on margins will not change. In the end you will end up with the same orders. Also,...
Indeed you need to discuss this with data providers, but I can help you because I am familiar with Options margins on a number of data feeds and...
Most FCMs just follow the risk side as it is given to them by the data feed providers. They dont deviate Keep in mind that Limit orders that are...
To simplify it a bit....Open orders occupy your margins when you trade. Essentially, it's like this: Assume you are long 1 ES contract. If you...
I think most recognize the difficult of trading and I don't think this discussion is about finding the "holy grail". Rather, a discussion about...
This may help: http://www.optimusfutures.com/tradeblog/archives/trend-channels-make-trading-decisions/
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