suppose you have a 120k account, with 100k in marginable stocks and 20k in cash. then short 50k of SPY, and don't spend that 50k you got from...
if I have a naked straddle at 190, and the market closed at 189.5, but then hit 190.5 shortly after hours in the first 5 minutes, what is the...
thinkorswim level 2 showing all shares instead of 100 lots, is this for everyone. I cannot find any setting to change it back, does anyone know...
are collateralized loan obligations defaulting, or is some hedge fund blowing up? I noticed some strange price action of a certain CLO ETF (not...
what is the best way to construct a pairs trade: long IWM ($209) short SPY ($584) ratio is 1:2.8, or short 5 SPY for long 14 IWM So 500 SPY...
With regards to the 390 professional orders rule that says that if you have an average of 390 options orders per day for a month - something bad...
Has anyone noticed a change in how market makers execute limit orders starting Monday 12/9/24? For example to buy at the bid price. I used to...
Does anyone know if there has been a change in order routing / executions starting June 1? I have noticed my orders not getting filled easily...
the quotes in the level 2 seem to have some bad data. anyone know anything? also yesterday, there was some order routing problems, and order...
Anyone know why the date feed has been frozen on SPX ? since 7.40 PT, now 40 min, SPX at 5241. frozen on both brokerages and at yahoo data too.
why did ES futures drop 70 points in the last hour?
SEC fee increasing from $8.00 to $27.80 / million on MAY 22 This is insane and extreme, and will cost alot of money to those who generate alot of...
The SPY close was 468.26. After hours was trading below 468, during the 15 or 30 minutes options still traded, and the 468P expiring today...
Etrade crash 12:49-12:53 pm PST (7 min before market close - when SPX squeezed up? Did anyone else have this crash today? Also, some other...
Now that thinkorswim is on Schwab, the level 2 quotes only display ARCA, NSDQ, EDGX. Is there a setting to get the other exchanges and market...
Their website says $0.65 per contract. Anyway to lower this? I also figured out the lower priced contracts below 0.13 get a discount of 0.05 for...
what market maker is "L" in ameritrades thinkorswim level 2 quotes? note: this FAQ seems quite out of date:...
Simple option idea. Write 1 0DTE SPX straddle closest to the money, at market open and then every 30 minutes thereafter until 30 minutes before...
I recall there used to be a way to see the closing order imbalances, whether there were buy or sell imbalances. Can someone point me in the right...
if your account is just cash, does portfolio margin give you more than the standard 4x buying power? for example in Reg-T, a naked SPX uses 15%...
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