agree, depending on each's preference and acct circumstance.
To clarify, TOS will let you sell naked put secured by cash available in your IRA acct (so does IB). But then there will not be much of leverage....
Or buy/write with aug47.5call at 1.10 bid (that's very rich prem for C). or sell aug45put at .50 to own it at a lower price if put.
One important factor to consider is, w/ TOS you can do spreads in IRA accts whereas w/ IB, your short leg has to be cash secured. I've accts...
I tried and it wouldn't allowed me to make the external mon as primary. And using a flash light, I couldn't see anything on the screen. I'm...
Bernoulli and dc, Same issue in safe mode. Now I can still use it w/ external monitor (normally I run w/ double screen). I just cannot...
One of my laptops, Dell Inspiron 600m, is having a screen blank-out problem--after booting up and me logging in, its screen will blank out. And I...
Personally I have not had the need for it yet, w/ my all options portfolio.
Thanks very much, FT. It's very helpful. Good trading.
FT79, I was hoping you would offer a more specific example of changing and adjusting position. As I said, I usu start w/ directional bias by...
Thanks FT79. I have yet to become a true neutral trader w/r to IC. I always start out w/ one side, depending market condition, and afterwards,...
Care to be more specific on how you change your position? By closing out (one side or both)? Or by adjusting up/down? TIA Opra
You need to be more specific on how your execute a trade through your broker. Or did it occur to you that your commission is not cheap for a...
Maybe things have changed or maybe I didn't dig deeper as I was there for a couple of weeks and did not want to be actively involved. Next time I...
Zero spread? Do you get instant fills at the price you want to buy at the bid and sell at the ask?
Interesting. I just checked that now DBC, DBA and FXE have options listed as well. No chains for GLD and SVL yet. I don't know when they...
You brought up the factor that you failed to mention in your opening post. A lot depends on what style of trading you do and what markets you trade.
There is definitely a Great (Fire)Wall of China. When I was in Shanghai last year, my Tradestation wouldn't work, my scanning software couldn't...
That's what I was wondering--I didn't see their rates on their site. Thanks for the info. I will take a look. Regards, Opra
Osorico, Their published rates are pretty good, for retail traders. It used to be above $5 for e-mini's if I remembered correctly. Plus it's...
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