I've been trying to figure out the same thing. I think, in any case, it is time to move to the August contract if you're trading YG. Today's...
This thread sure is loads of laughs... Freedomfighter = 45 posts so far today Wish I had your free time.
Could anybody give me some insights into how pit-traded options work? What I mean is: If you are looking at a thinly traded issue, how do you...
I think a more plausible answer is that Yahoo data is basically crap. I noticed some discrepancies in their option data once and sent them an...
Maybe my sarcasm wasn't apparent. I shouldn't let myself write here after a certain hour... :) But anyway ... I was just voicing my...
You want health insurance? What are you? Some kind of a communist? Love it or leave it. We don't do things that way here. Why don't you...
Interactive Brokers is of course a very good broker. But you might accidentally have a slip of the pen (or keyboard) when you fill out the...
This is what has been driving this rally all along: Traders getting short in anticipation of the plunge (Ã la 2002). Then some buying interest...
Do you have a virus checker installed? Last year I installed Norton Antivirus on my bro's computer, and it found a virus that was designed to...
I think they cancel fees are imposed only on retail traders. If you're a market maker, you don't pay cancel fees. This helps keep retail...
Just a little quote from Yahoo: "Greenspan repeated his opposition to regulating derivatives, but said heavy concentration in the market 'gives...
In another thread some people have been discussing option cancellation fees (again). My conclusion is that cancellation fees are intended to...
Since this is an-anti IB thread, I'm going to move to a new thread. Seems like we're discussing a free options marketplace, not problems with IB...
For options: I believe that IB is passing along costs imposed by options exchanges. Only a guess... For stock API orders: I think (maybe) IB...
Seems like some people are missing the main point of the cancel fees, which is to PROTECT market makers from Joe Trader who knows how to program....
Def -- Thanks for the recalculation. What I am wondering is: Once the stock goes ex-dividend, will the price of the SSF increase by the amount...
In defense of Tradestation: I believe they are in the process of changing their futures clearing firm from Lind-Waldock/Refco to R.J. O'Brien...
Just made my first SSF attempt today (trying to capture dividend). Sold 1 MO June SSF @ 30.62 Bought 100 MO at 31.09 Difference = -0.47...
Anybody still looking to trade ES on $500 margin after today?
One little risk that I haven't seen mentioned here: If the price of GE drops to a point where you decide to get out, you have to cover your...
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