.By optimal I mean adequate in terms of risk reward. ..By NAV: net liquidation value ...Portfolio delta dllrs aggregate as calculated by TWS
Lots of courses and material on options strategies but little on risk management. Can you please point me to resources (free, ideally) written by...
Can anyone recommend a tool to crash test a portfolio using black swans type what-if scenarios?
Take the example of a balanced portfolio, containing equities, funds, bonds and treasuries. 1) An investor is using naked puts (portfolio margin)...
Options linked to a basket of securities that is. Very strange. Anyone experienced with this stuff?
How much room is there to negotiate commissions and margin rates with Schwab for larger accounts? I am looking for first hand experience if...
I am looking for some first hand feedback on the quality of customer service, trade execution and hidden fees. Thanks
Placing bur=y orders on the bid and sell orders on the ask price - without much success. I can see trades happening in the mid. But I thought...
I am fed-up paying $0.65 per contract (IB, TD, Schwab...) and am now looking for alternatives. The purpose of this thread is to collect everyone's...
Schwab and Tradier are often mentioned here but they both sell order flow to HFTs. I am wondering which online discount brokers besides IBKR...
Excel 2016 (with office 365) is now offering free real-time stock prices from Nasdaq. But my Stocks and Geography data types get greyed out...
I have a portfolio margin account and have not figured out how IB is calculating margin requirements for BULL put spread strategy. Any thoughts?
I can pull information from shares and options - but is it possible to see vertical and horizontal option strategy pricing in excel?
I am new to all this... Say I sell a short dated put and do not mind owning the underlying at the strike price. An example is this TSLA put, where...
All my hidden option orders are showing up on TWS with a dark blue status (vs green for stocks) in the activity window. Are hidden orders...
I am aiming to extract some cash out of my long position by writing OTM covered calls. Would it be possible to do so if the securities are lent...
When selling a put, I understand that the buyer will have the option (but not the obligation) to deliver the shares if they trade at or slightly...
IB's API customer support directed me to this FTP server instead: https://ibkr.info/it/article/2024 I am using the standard IB-supplied Excel DDE...
Help (chat) not very helpful on this one - is there a possibility of having a sound alert when a new news line appears in the News window?
Am I correct in assuming that exchange-traded warrants are free to hold short overnight with IB? Can't find any info on the SLB Tool. Thanks
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