My apologies, I know the industry. I could find you 5 brokers who would make private offers of rates of $.22 to $.65 per contract. Included are...
Reply to Don: You're a quality person, and I hope you are right. The pressing theme is my post to IBj. IB excused themselves that they are...
As per the discussions on the site: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61295&perpage=6&pagenumber=1 Re: Did my partner use...
Reply to ktm: 1) The loss of 11k is clear, and occurred from the cost of entering and exiting (liquidated at market) the position, plus cost of...
Actually, directed to issue Freehouse mentioned.
Thank you TrueRange: Actually, the issue here was not margining, as it was properly margined by IB (i.e. box spreads having no margin...
For IBj and Def: Here is the paragraph of the e-mail sent to IB making a specific request for information that would have pre-empted everything:...
How can your algorithm assume "no other changes"/ all else equal--when the whole goal is to reduce GPV with the fewest possible options sold at...
Recap: A $2k cash shortage existed, which parallels $100k GPV (not $500k GPV). 100 options and 50 box spreads would have covered everything by a...
Reply to Choad: With exception to Riskarb who joined in the middle, but generally tries to understand things properly and think rationally, I...
Hello riskarb, It seems you joined us in the middle. To your first question: Review the communication with Def. Since you and Freehouse...
The options were liquid, the type that all markets almost always bid the same.
If you are just experimenting with trades of 1 or 2 options and you are not leveraging positions, and you are not shorting in-the-money options...
I don't think you understood his question, and I am not sure what your trying to achieve. Based on the communication with Def: IB is a market...
Yes.
Reply to Def (part 2): In short, the liquidation was erratic, and it seems apparent Timber Hill was first in line. There are difficulties...
Reply to Def (part one) Two types of liquidations: a) one for margin violations, b) the other for the RATIO of net liquidation value versus...
Regarding patience, you had just quoted me as follows: Had I not had patience, regulators would have heard about his a LONG time ago!! For...
Funny. One day, or even intraday would have been MORE than enough to save loss, even if they charged $500 for the phone call!! But let us see if...
I have had experiences or exposure to Choicetrade, OptionsXpress, IB, Ameritrade Apex, Fidelity, Tradestation, Genesis, and Redsky, and have...
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