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  1. Options Spread Orders Execution

    I did not understand from your answer if there is a better chance to get fills at the mid price on single orders vs. spread orders. Could you...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 24, 2011 in forum: Options

  2. Options Spread Orders Execution

    Is it reasonable to assume that it may be more difficult to get a fill on a spread order (such as vertical spread) at the mid price than to get a...
    Thread by: dragonman, Dec 24, 2011, 15 replies, in forum: Options

  3. Options vs. Stock Margin

    If you want to invest in the stock on an unleveraged basis, and you wonder where you would get a better margin treatment (which means that you...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 23, 2011 in forum: Options

  4. Exercising put option question

    If a stock on which someone has a put is a hard to borrow stock, could there be a situation where the put owner cannot exercise his put? When...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 21, 2011 in forum: Options

  5. Covered Call vs. Short Put

    Hi, if you decide that you want to have an exposure to the underlying by using a covered call, which considerations do you take into account when...
    Thread by: dragonman, Dec 20, 2011, 48 replies, in forum: Options

  6. Options Volume Increases Substantially Just Before the Ex-date -- Why?

    Thanks for the clarification.
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Options

  7. Options Volume Increases Substantially Just Before the Ex-date -- Why?

    Of course I did. The stock price drops on the ex-div date, but since the dividend was priced into the call in advance to reflect that drop, on the...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Options

  8. Options Volume Increases Substantially Just Before the Ex-date -- Why?

    So it seems that the MM exploit an edge they have over public customers (such as being long and short the same position) that comes sometimes at...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Options

  9. Options Volume Increases Substantially Just Before the Ex-date -- Why?

    Why would market-makers agree to trade the DITM options back and forth between themselves? I do not understand what can they earn from such an...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Options

  10. Options Volume Increases Substantially Just Before the Ex-date -- Why?

    IMO on the ex-date the call price will rise and the put price will drop, and this effect will be greater regarding DITM options (both puts and...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Options

  11. Options Volume Increases Substantially Just Before the Ex-date -- Why?

    I assume you meant "...the dividend is worth more than the CALL value" (and not the put). Please correct me if I am wrong. Also, do the...
    Post by: dragonman, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Options

  12. Options Volume Increases Substantially Just Before the Ex-date -- Why?

    Hi, I noticed that sometimes the call options volume regarding ITM calls increases substantially in the day before the ex-dividend date. For...
    Thread by: dragonman, Dec 19, 2011, 13 replies, in forum: Options

  13. Underlyings With High vs. Low Prices -- What's the Difference?

    Thanks for all the responses so far. In the CBOE's rulebook there is a rule that relates to the permissible price deviation from the option's...
    Post by: dragonman, Nov 27, 2011 in forum: Options

  14. Underlyings With High vs. Low Prices -- What's the Difference?

    Could you please elaborate on how the conclusions of this paper may answer my questions?
    Post by: dragonman, Nov 26, 2011 in forum: Options

  15. Underlyings With High vs. Low Prices -- What's the Difference?

    Assuming that the two underlyings have the same volatility (they could be a 15-dollar stock and a 150-dollar stock, both of high quality and...
    Post by: dragonman, Nov 26, 2011 in forum: Options

  16. Underlyings With High vs. Low Prices -- What's the Difference?

    Should there be any difference regarding implementing an options strategy on underlyings that have high prices (such as above $100) and...
    Thread by: dragonman, Nov 25, 2011, 25 replies, in forum: Options

  17. May Broker's Failure Trigger a Margin Call?

    I would appreciate any response, thanks.
    Post by: dragonman, Nov 7, 2011 in forum: Retail Brokers

  18. Long Call Verticals on LEAPS, legging out

    In order to make sure that I understand your method, let's use a specific example. You bought SPY 124 Call @ 8.57 and sold SPY 125 Call @ 8.06, so...
    Post by: dragonman, Nov 7, 2011 in forum: Options

  19. May Broker's Failure Trigger a Margin Call?

    Hi, If a broker goes bankrupt and thereafter the securities (not commodities) account is automatically transferred to another broker, and...
    Thread by: dragonman, Nov 4, 2011, 1 replies, in forum: Retail Brokers

  20. Positions Transfer Between Brokers

    Thanks for the responses. I asked the broker and I was told that the inaccuracy is only due to a technical error in the tax preparation...
    Post by: dragonman, Oct 30, 2011 in forum: Retail Brokers
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