How is it already "priced in"? Dividends make calls cheaper and the original premise was a short call. So, you received less credit for your...
Right.
You are right to be confused because some of the notes in this thread appear incorrect. Like you say, If you own the stock then you have a...
I am not sure if you agree or disagree with me. When you say that "Calls fully factors in the dividend" does that mean they are cheaper (my...
I don't follow your logic if you are talking about Call options (which was the original premise). That is, your reply implies Calls are more...
What you are seeing is your offer price reflected as the "Ask". When you cancel your offer the next best offer is then shown and that could be...
I don't think Mutioption has any problem. If you read his post carefully you can see that he was talking about Ned Benneth, not Ned Bennett....
There is a Phil Bennett who is currently an Executive Vice President/Customer Service at OE. So unless he is moonlighting as the CEO of REFCO I...
I don't think that you are correct that a qty one 25 point spread is equal to a qty 2.5 10 point spread assuming that you can get the same total...
Thanks, I'll take your word for it. Last time I sent IB an email question they never answered it.
I have used MS Money for years and have a lot of problems when I download broker statements. Without getting into the gory details I'll just say...
I have just opened an IB account but I have not yet funded it. I would be concerned if there is no easy way for me to construct a Sched D as is...
According to the CBOE web site the NDX settled at 1591.92. 1574.57 was the August NDS. Don
The OE screener has a selection parameter where you can specify the minimum (or maximum) dollar value of a stock. This should eliminate penny...
You have to request routing privileges. I happened to stumble upon this about 2 years ago when I asked "why do you the show the customer the B/A...
OptionsXpress does allow you to route trades to the exchange of your choice. I'm not sure why you say that you cannot trade actively with a...
I use OX and am very happy. Their commissions are a little high if you trade less than 10 contracts, but they have an active trader discount...
If the shares were available to short then you would think that they were not tendered. So I would argue that he should not have to pay the...
Unless there was a contract adjustment, and I don't think there was, you would not be required to cough up the tender amount. Anyway if the...
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