Q: "How to backtest if you do not know how to code?" A: Go around... or stay behind... :D
Maybe I'm really getting senile :-( Can you show me/us the posting you mean?
The word riskless is your own word added into the discussion, not mine.
For what reason? Since especially you and your ilk oppose me in every posting...
Yeah right, that word escaped me... :D:D:D
Have I ever announced anything like that? Maybe I'm getting older... :D I'm currently fixated in Put selling because IMO it has some significant...
It depends whom you ask... :D Read the "opportunity cost" definition at wiki or in other dictionaries. Because: imagine you make always a profit...
@newwurldmn FYI: PL=0 does not mean riskless as one loses the possibility of a profit, ie. one pays the so called opportunity cost. Dictionary...
Where have you got that riskless stuff from? Some spread and other multi-leg trades can indeed be riskless, but it's not easy to get a fill.
I assume your example is just for 1 contract. What if there are 100 contracts of same kind and if each contract is worth only $10 ? Is the minimum...
No, I am not. Would you be? Ah, I forgot, you as someone without any morals don't care... Ok, I'm done. Bye.
Unbelievable! I'm really speechless how my private communication has been made public!...
I think it could be interessing for many people, also for me, if you gave a real example. You speak of "small amount of margin" with a $1M...
I'm still trying to find out how IB calculates the margin requirements. I have the feeling that IB indeed applies the said sentence written in...
Hi, how is the tax situation if one mainly does short-selling of options with a short timeframe (ie. month or less)? In other words: is the earned...
Here's another important tip for newbies: never use market orders, use limit orders instead, and try to get the stuff at midprice between the Bid...
My friend has some lawyer friends, he is going to meet them early next week. Thx to you and the others for the valuable tips on this matter.
I think this is the best idea. What about this extension of that idea: if one needs some money then one flies to the foreign country and takes the...
@Xela, yes a local accountant of course will also be contacted; just collecting information and experiences for such a meeting...
Now imagine this: we set up a trading robot (software) that does the job fully automatically there. Our contract says that we will get paid (and...
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