Trying to reach the $110k mark for IB's portfolio margin. Strategy is fully hedged (no directional risk) and would yield at least 50% return on...
- What is the required annual profitability (relative to capital used) needed to be considered for prop trading? - What leverage is typically...
I am constantly taking the time value column that it does have (at the bid) and adding half the spread to get the actual time value at the mid,...
Current blended rate on a $2 million position is about 2.7%. Not sure why no other brokers seem to be willing or able to compete with this. Has...
These are american options. That's why people were telling me the theta can't be positive (that euro exceptional case doesn't apply). It's also...
When I first encountered a positive model theta in IB, I thought there must be some mistake - theta is always negative right? I looked all around...
Yeah it occurred to me that long puts would have to be used for the delta instead; [ATTACH] This is a REIT which is why the high div yield, as...
It appears that individual stocks run the risk array from -30% to +30%. I found that a short call works a little better than a long put. It is so...
I found out in the risk navigator (IB) you can do Settings -> Reference Margin Type -> PMRGN which appears to put it into portfolio margin mode. I...
I usually do dividend capture by buying MOC then selling at limit, but the problem is that IB cancels orders that I've placed beforehand due to...
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