I'm paranoid about stop losses, even wide ones, getting hit by a bot or some floor trader playing games, particularly with futures and options and...
And now that I have the short puts trade hedged, how about a covered call that has a ITM call, suddenly? I'd rather close the trade, take a profit...
Sorry, I didn't get the screen shot, and what kind of call should I buy? ATM? ITM? My ITM options strikes are limited as this is an electronically...
Yeah the ones that are circa ATM have quotes but not the ITMs. eRFQ work for this at IB?
Wouldn't I be losing the theta in the call, too, in addition to the price spread and commissions? Thanks for the suggestion regardless; I knew...
Thanks. Will keep that in mind for long calls or puts. I also have a covered call, I want to take profits early on, and a short put that...
I wrote a put, three days ago; it's now worthless. But there is no bid and ask, and when I post one I get a crazy ask. Is the bottom line here you...
I'm using IB and I have a couple futures options positions on that are way the money or way out of he money, and I'd like to close them. But...
I have an ATM call, $1.25. I'm in no hurry to close out the trade, but I'd like to know I can, if I wanted to. I can't get a quite, however. Using...
Didn't think there would be much of a spread between those two instruments, unlike say two different futures contracts or stocks that have have a...
What is a good website or service for getting average daily trading ranges and average monthly or even yearly trading ranges for futures? With or...
Guys, I'm curious. What is the value in being dollar neutral in, say, ES and the SPY? Trying to capture theta with options, more safely? Tax...
If there is an October futures contract trading currently, why are the September options linked to the December futures? Is this an anomaly in the...
I guess about 10 years ago I recall seeing some mini coffee contract getting hyped; I thought it was called a C as in the class of coffee. Not...
Yeah, mean a mini coffee; currently contemplating trading the regular, KC. Was just wondering who uses the Nymex contract and why?
What's the difference between the two contracts KT and KC, besides size, and why are they traded on two different exchanges? Btw, is there a...
I guess when I turn KC into a covered call it goes from the exchange margin to SPAN, which apparently IB can't calculate and put in a margin...
This is helpful -- but the futures trades re not broken out; it just says ECBOT/CBOT with a dollar amount, no detail. And NYBOT/ICE trades are not...
Okay, so let me see if I understand; Let's say I have a 1.30 call on coffee, hypothetically and the underlying September bought at 1.25, and when...
Placing a stop loss on a long futures contract. I'm a stock guy testing the waters in futures. Are stops Useful? Required? A good way to get...
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