I am unfamiliar with Questrade. You may want to ask them. I use TDA/TOS and I think they exercise if 1 penny or more ITM @ expiration. I can see...
My 2 cents: The ITM option price = Intrinsic value + Extrinsic value; If you exercise, you forfeit the Extrinsic value. I agree with OptionGuru.
Aston01: Your 1st two paragraphs make sense. I do not follow your final question. Is it your goal to maintain a "delta-neutral" position, after...
Email thread inquiry and response from TD Ameritrade: ------------------ Thank you for the e-mail and inquiry. I can confirm that we will continue...
sysdevel99 I have had similar thoughts and experiences.
If you know how to code and are not too picky about performance and capabilities, you can do some back testing in TOS with ThinkScript. There is a...
louisjxn: The following is intended to be helpful and not critical: Do you have a specific plan? How much are you willing to risk. What will be...
Hm! I liked Bob's response. Concise, to the point, and with link to further info.
Bad idea! Next will they eliminate Market orders? This makes no sense. Either the SEC are idiots, or this is a ploy to push back on the...
My silly comments: I do not trade futures, so pardon my ignorance: I just looked at OIL ("/CL") in TOS, and observe no March options. <-- Head...
Zestilio : Insufficient clarity of these two statements to evaluate/comment/Code them! 3. swing phase using 3-bar reversal chart must be bullish...
If I were a gambling man, the Jan 50 Calls could be an interesting long play. [ATTACH] Close or roll up if price bounces back up ....
I have herd of a rule-of-thumb of the specific Option Volume, being a minimum of 20 times the number of contracts you intend to trade. This seems...
thompson182: Typically, the type of ETFs you mention will also exhibit low implied volatility, which will likely keep the CALL premium low, so you...
Yes! No or low open interest implies there is little or no market. Not a good thing. If you feel you must trade the particular underlying using...
Great! No problem, just wanted to insure I understood. This looks like good data. I really appreciate this info.
Victory5: Thnx. Can you clarify the "OHLC" data you ordered was for the Options and not the underlying? (I do see OHLC for the underlying's,...
I am looking for Historic Option pricing data which at a minimum includes Daily prices. I would like history to go back as far as possible (back...
FYI: Michael Himmel seems to be in this space, his url: http://www.essex.us.com/about I have not seen any publications on any details, however.
Erick: Unclear what your expectation is for a Stop on an Option! Unless the option contract has tight bid/ask spread and good volume, a Stop may...
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