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  1. Possibility of selling covered calls with IB's Stock Yield Enhancement Program

    Yep, no issues at all. Can a client write covered calls against stock which has been loaned out through the Stock Yield Enhancement Program and...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 17, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. A Trade for next Monday.

    If you hold the options all the way thru expiration of the contracts (i.e: 1:15 PST on July 24th), it's irrelevant. The profit/loss will be based...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 16, 2020 in forum: Options

  3. A Trade for next Monday.

    I think this merits a bit of elaboration...IV crush is irrelevant if held to expiration. Op mentioned exiting after earnings but before...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 16, 2020 in forum: Options

  4. dest's discord group--tickers, structuring and pnl

    Since Dest is now off wall papering his house with $100 bills, would someone care to elaborate a bit on the stress thing? I was poking around in...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 15, 2020 in forum: Journals

  5. IB Rest API

    Have you tried executing the commands with their Swagger interface? It's been a bit since I messed around with it, but I know that gives you a way...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 11, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. dest's discord group--tickers, structuring and pnl

    Dest, I really like reading your threads, but dammit man, sometimes I feel like I need to jam a Babel fish in my eyes to help translate all the...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 11, 2020 in forum: Journals

  7. Nosebleed trading from $35,000 to $1,000,000

    Riding something to -90% is not "cutting your losses". Also, 100+ calls on NKLA when you've got a 35k account sure sounds like full-on YOLO retard...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 8, 2020 in forum: Wall St. News

  8. Nosebleed trading from $35,000 to $1,000,000

    Part of it is that he's playing with house money. He pulled out $50k already. Plus he's swinging for the fences with option trades. Pretty...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 8, 2020 in forum: Wall St. News

  9. Screenshot from IB - margin interest on shorts (longs?)

    SN, just to clarify, the 960% is what IB would charge you if you were short the shares. It's not the going rate for someone if they borrow your...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jul 7, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. WSBers playing with fire and getting burned: NKLA hard to borrow early assignments on call spreads

    Good to know. I suppose that only applies in taxable accounts and not IRA? If I'm understanding the IB knowledge base, it sounds like stocks are...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: Options

  11. WSBers playing with fire and getting burned: NKLA hard to borrow early assignments on call spreads

    Interestingly enough, the hard to borrow rate is not necessarily what you will receive. Currently IB hard to borrow rate for NKLA is 967%. I...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: Options

  12. WSBers playing with fire and getting burned: NKLA hard to borrow early assignments on call spreads

    Sorry, but I do not. I'm not that familiar with warrants, but regardless, I'd just pop on to their online chat with the trading desk as that's...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 27, 2020 in forum: Options

  13. WSBers playing with fire and getting burned: NKLA hard to borrow early assignments on call spreads

    A few items to note (all based on IB) 1) They can't loan out your shares unless you authorize it, hence the "stock yield enhancement" program...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 24, 2020 in forum: Options

  14. What is name of this options position (Little help, please)?

    So, just for the record, this is actually a dumb and pretty much useless trade to put on. PNL graph can fool you in to thinking it's (much) better...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 13, 2020 in forum: Options

  15. What is name of this options position (Little help, please)?

    Excuse my daftness, but i'm a bit unfamiliar with the lingo. What do "keep an eye on your forward" and "at retail" mean? Thx
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 12, 2020 in forum: Options

  16. What is name of this options position (Little help, please)?

    luckfnlou, I'm looking for a theta burn/volatility drop. Read a post where somebody (Dest, but can't recall the alias) said time/vol are...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 12, 2020 in forum: Options

  17. What is name of this options position (Little help, please)?

    Thanks Dest. Am I correct in the understanding that the main risk is early assignment? At expiry inside the body, it's basically a wash as you...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 12, 2020 in forum: Options

  18. What is name of this options position (Little help, please)?

    FFS1001, I think you nailed it. Looks like a short box spread. For those who are interested, here's the ironyman link [MEDIA] Seems like major...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 12, 2020 in forum: Options

  19. What is name of this options position (Little help, please)?

    And my understanding of the major risk of a box spread is assignment risk, correct? I recall seeing a video where some RobinHood guy (Ir0nyman)...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 12, 2020 in forum: Options

  20. What is name of this options position (Little help, please)?

    If it were an OTM put vertical and an OTM call vertical, I think it would be an iron condor. A strangle is also normally OTM and I believe it's...
    Post by: TheGoonior2, Jun 12, 2020 in forum: Options
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