Thank you all for the feedback. It sounds like it's not an issue at low volume of 100. But what happens once volume reaches 1000 or 10,000, or...
If I own 100 options that are about to expire, I could sell to close: 100 (* 100) * 0.01 = 100$ If commission is less than 100$, I will end up...
I occasionally play around with options on equities, usually highly liquid stocks (i.e., Facebook, Google, etc.). I purchase and hold for usually...
If Bitcoin options were available, I would have two concerns: 1) Can IV be greater than 100%? 2) How would Bitcoin affect the VIX? Would the...
Did anyone else get this? I sampled Money.NET a couple of years ago, so was quite interested in trying out the new one with the 'all new' web...
I think you need to activate the card. This is to ensure you can log in until you get the card. IB does not know your mail arrived. you can call...
One other choice is to print out a code card which contains codes to enter when logging in and challenged with codes. This is more secure as the...
Then I guess the next question would be, how to determine what the proper/fair price for a corporate bond is? Other than using a Bloomberg...
If IB is not suitable for Bond trading, then which broker would be good for this? I was considering IB as 'I'm already there'.
Perhaps this question does not make sense, but I would ask: What are you trading and what time span? (is it just S&P Futures with no overnight...
There are also situations where one wishes to have a portion of their portfolio holding bonds (either as a short term cash alternative, or a...
I know that IB offers Fixed Income trading through their TWS Application (and even include a Bond Screener). But I do not see too many people...
The Reuters StockReports+ is an interesting feature. No real analysis or insight, but a nice compilation of data points in a pretty readable (and...
I got the pop-up a day or two ago when logging in asking if I wanted to subscribe to it. But when I choose to do so, the option did not appear on...
I could be completely wrong here, but any chance when you are looking at the 'filled price' it is actually shown you the price including...
I use TWS a lot, and agree it is mainly for 'execution' and has only the minimal/basics for Analysis of any type. Although it does have several...
Is this legal? Sounds like a fault in the Brokerage Firm or Trading Platform yet a client (you) has to absorb the loss?
It looks like you are trying to profit off opening trades. Are you trying to anticipate a direction as well? If you are SELLING puts you could...
I've not switched to IB, but I have transferred positions from other brokers to IB and back. The backoffice at IB were great and very helpful...
Yes, it also gets complicated with things such as additional different positions as a hedge (for example, adding GLD or VXX) as well as allowing...
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