Often for a hard to borrow stock this is a much better way for someone to "buy" the stock. You sell the put (as you did) and if you want to...
Absolutely agree, but the broker may have a policy of auto liquidation if the account has negative equity. One would hope there would be a manual...
Here's how it can happen. You are long an oex 500 put and short the 495 put. (This is a single listed product so easier to happen) The 500 put...
You may also want to look at the SPX weekly options. They are traded electronically (monthlies are traded in the pit) and have pretty tight...
HuH? How is there any risk? If the OP is assigned on his short call leg (call vertical), he will have short stock against his long call. If he...
Here is a link to the the CBOE rules talking about this subject...
Not necessarily. The best way to tell if a call should be exercised for a dividend, is by looking at the corresponding put and the cost of carry...
Very recently opened an account at TOS and all the sheets I get are from Penson. Check to open account was made out to Penson, so I dont think...
Would think or swim be considered an IB for Penson?
Lol, Yes. Does TOS give you the option of sending a spread to the COB of a certain exchange or do they make that decision for you?
Maybe I misunderstood. The OP entered a spread order that he felt should have been filled by simply trading on the best quoted markets in the...
If the spread is sent directly into the COB on the CBOE, and it can be filled on the quoted markets on that exchange, it will auto-trade with the...
As said earlier, your risk is being assigned on your calls. You may want to look as buying a deep put, or doing a combo where you buy the put and...
If you put a .40 bid in, you will be joined by the marketmakers. I played with these after I saw your post and was immediatly joined for every...
I watch the COB (complex order book). At the CBOE market makers/broker dealers cannot leave orders in the COB for SPX options, they can only take...
Not the case. This was the same guy. The people who trade against these sellers are generally the market makers in the pit. Their spreads get...
SPX on Friday June 24th 1268.45 SPX on Friday July 1st 1339.67 There were several large customers selling out of the money put and call...
RMORSE gave an excellent summary. Just to add a bit, Each brokerage house will have a different policy of where to send a spread based on the...
I have been trading the binaries on the SPX (BSZ) and the VIX (BVZ) on the CBOE for awhile. I think they offer some great opportunities,...
Today's opening print for the expiring June futures and options was based on the opening print of the July SPX 500 options. The series that the...
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