Try the stock screeners of Yahoo and Google (need to finetune with your own params; for volatile stocks take Beta >= 2 or so):...
You can compute the "moving volatility" from the data of the underlying, ie. the annualized volatility with each bar... much like in a MA...
short GLD or even better buy GLD Puts, and wait at least 4 months... because gold will crash...
I doub't you will find historic options data. But here is a workaround for backtestings etc: You only need the historic data of the underlying....
I haven't used this feature myself yet but there is a section in the online-help. Look for "ScaleTrader" in the index...
Payback day for Lehman Brothers: must pay back at least $11 billion to customers Saw it today on German tv station n-tv reporting it.
There is an additional tool called "OptionTrader" which you can use after activating it in the Configuration under TradingTools... The...
Hmm. there are even much more bugs with the Advisor Account... :-( If anybody from IB is listening, and is interested in details, then PM me.
I'm testing the Advisor Account in TWS, ie. an advisor can manage multiple accounts. When i tried to issue an order for the group account then I...
Here are some interesting postings I found regarding the topic of this thread with experiences from users:...
Have these "old" issues from 2006 been fixed in the meantime? http://osdir.com/ml/finance.amibroker.general/2006-04/msg00509.html
On the short-term speculative side with high vola: GE, BAC, AIG, COP, C and sometimes also CBY, IBM, SPY No specific or common direction, it...
Many option sellers don't know this fact: you can close a position earlier than the expiration date by simply buying the same options... :-)...
There is no problem with such cheap options, because many option traders just trade the option itself, they are not interessted in exercising the...
Regarding Health Care: "Seven presidents tried to change the costly health-care system, which offers state-of-the-art care to those who can pay,...
Such discussion groups are of course for discussions. If you post something and something in your posting is unclear to me then I take the...
Then according to your logic there is no fraud, it's just the stupidity of the victims, right? What, if those fraudsters are specialized in doing...
I'm just testing their platform (TWS) and their API, it's not a fun. Here on ET I get pissed by many sales pitches of IB who unfairly attack me...
This is exactly what I mean, ok I maybe expressed myself not clearly. I meant: 1 contract = 100 options representing 100 shares of the...
I would say Arcades are more for the retail traders whereas Props more for the professional traders. Most Props require their traders to have a...
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