+1 for MultiCharts.
Even Robinhood will allow you to trade spreads :-) No fees, no minimum account size, and instant signup. Just no margin. May be a good way to...
What was the status color of your order while it was pending? If blue then IB Smart Router was probably holding your order until it can be filled...
Happens often when options get assigned or exercised, but if the broker doesn’t have shares available then they will ask you to buy them back in...
I’m glad I can set both bid & ask at the same time on options, but recently can’t get fills like I used to and trying to figure out what’s...
Thanks Robert, great info. I'm only not sure how the open/close tags work when I place hidden orders? Or when I create an options combo that...
Let's assume that a trader or a trading firm has technology/software identical to a market maker, as well as being colocated in the same spot...
I've used it for a month. Results were "good", depending on what "good" means to you. CML seems good for people who are using basic options...
I’m not sure whether you’ll find anyone trading much of those, but if you need specific information then you may want to contact CBOE. We’ve been...
My wife is Chinese and we often joke that you can’t talk to family because they’ll copy any ideas you may have. Are you capable of more than...
Ha, didn't I just say "Or just be more creative than everyone else.". Good to know that at least this is possible :-)
"Izzy Englander’s Millennium shuttered Prediction, a statistical arbitrage fund, at a time when that strategy within the industry is struggling to...
On another hand, occasionally we see news like this (just happened today):...
I've been interested in this topic as well, and here is what I found so far: 1. All prop firms must employ decent day traders, especially as those...
Depends on what you'd want to give up: 1. Time (settling for initial risk that decreases or turns into hedge over time): use Ratio Spreads or...
I mostly trade vol expansions and contractions, so I wish I could sell vol one minute and buy it back the next, or even the next morning. Formulas...
Then yeah, practically all option orders get traded and filled through exchanges, including spreads and flies. Brokers simply forward them to...
Options are often traded in multiple legs aka spreads, but if you mean options on different underlyings/instruments then I don't think so,...
You're right Robert, in theory. But IB splits some orders and sends them to multiple exchanges when marketable (though all legs go to each...
Unless trading super liquid options, market orders means getting royally screwed. So I use limit, which I set to either the mid or the price I...
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