Another quick question: Margin on a covered call. Does the short call change the margin required, lessen it presumably?
Maybe I am doing this wrong, but it does not give me margin for the position, it gives me margin impact on the account of a position, which means...
Thanks, guys. Btw, when do the contracts for F and FO contracts December start? I have nothing on my screen for them right now. Oh one other...
Sorry to sound obtuse, but the accounts page just has margin for all my positions combined. If I have a variety of options, futures and FX...
Well, like no change at 11:30 a.m. still only a handful of contracts bid and ask, like 1 and 35 and fluctuating between 1 and 1. Is this the way...
Or even on the account page anywhere? IF so, how do Is et it up?
Ok, its a bit after 3:30 a.m. ET and the volume on September KC on IB using NYBOT (which I assume is ICE) is like 1 contract bidding and 7 asking...
Will do. I just submitted a ticket, incidentally. I have to admit it is getting frustrating FOs trading electronically. It's great that brokers...
Any IB traders know if or how I can get pit orders filled electronically. RFQ?
Thanks. Anyone know if the options are available on IB's platform?
I looked at the ICE hours for electronically traded coffee futures and it appears there is a Sunday night session that starts at 6 ends at 11:59...
Anyone have any thoughts on coffee? Base forming? Run into the 50s again anytime soon?
Real and rand. Not just the majors. Any exist?
IB is my broker and the only futures are electronically traded, which limits me. If I am wrong, somebody let me know.
lol. I agree I read that post and wondered if the guy who posted it realized that he had just defeated his own argument. Greenspan and Mellon were...
Ok, I read the credit link and the other comments you posted about bailing out MER, and I still don't see how letting BOA break off the MER sale...
It's been a whole multi-headed mess from the get-go, Paulson Bernanke and Geitner all scared Congress and the rest of the country into doing shit...
Somebody will be lying (or have a very warped idea of the powers stemming from the Federal Reserve Act and the executive branch.) I really do...
You got it, sport. COngress and the Fed and the WH are banking on, pardon the pun, the gullibility and ignorance of Americans about these issues.
Dude, the guy you cite admitted to unsound practices. Did BOA do this? Shit yeah, if some guy is a crook or the bank is insolvent the Fed can and...
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