I know there isnt volume, but I'm curious and IB doesn't seem to offer it, unless I am missing something?
Correction: Stock at 288.5. 287.5 Call at 14.80/15.30. 287.5 Put at 19.10/20.10. ITM call long OTM put short
Ok, Let's say I short a stock at the last close on Friday and get that price, $288.50. And I simultaneously sold a one week OTM put at a 287.50...
Some traders I know used to do the old London Fix overnight market? That still traded? If so, with futures or XAU/USD or some other FX combo?
Cautious guy here, usually just trading ES, NQ. But something caught my eye on Gold, and I know I can't be analyzing this correctly. Using IB, I...
I know I can get it in a couple pull down or click menus, but I searched and searched and could not find a way to add the column vertically in my...
This spread looks like it is approaching a shortable high. What's the best way to play it? Gold / Plat futures? (Vol in the latter isn't that...
Just sent TradeStation a few questions. Probably hear back in a couple days, lol.
Trade Station for the 1300 intraday ES, since you asked. Actually 1168 intraday maintenance.
So lets say I have 5K in my account. At the market open I buy ES, simultaneously sell an ATM 0DTE call. I'm using like 1,300 of margin. The call...
Let's say I have an ES contract and an short 0DTE ATM call that goes ITM. Will my margin change before assignment? Is it broker dependent? If so,...
Wrong, my friend.
While I am here, anyone get their cash yet from this very nice odd lot tender? I also wonder why there is no special sits forum on here, which...
At IB if I am long ABC at 100, write a call at 100 and buy a put at 95, my (portfolio) margin is, like 10 percent of the stock. At one or two...
Yes, but when I punch in the Kelly numbers what do I put in for average loss or average number/percentage of losers? Zero?
If you don't have any risk, (except for, perhaps, slippage or execution risk -- fat finger mishaps), how do you position size conversions and...
If I was a broker and was hurting my clients like this with an integration, I would at least kick back some commission or toss some free stock...
Schwab is now on day four, and I'm not wasting my time with them anymore. (And I have half a mil there! Imagine what they do to small fry.)
Had a rep at Merrill who did not know the difference between portfolio margin and Reg-T. IB is a thread jungle online and impossible to reach by...
Any reason to use one over the other or even another when scanning by strategy?
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