Here's the weird thing FSU: twice today (at least on a spread basis) I was charged $3.14 ($1.57 per side) and once (in SPY) I was on a limit order...
Dollar weakness. Milton Friedman said, "inflation is a monetary phenomenon." From 1965 to 1980, USD was decimated vs the Deutschmark and Yen.
I was short some far OTM QQQ call spreads that were .01b-.03a. I paid $3.14 in commission (per spread) to cover $2 in short premium.
I keep a few thou in a Robinhood account, jic IB goes down or in case I want to buy commission free OTM options. I'm not really exposed in IB (I'm...
Fortunately, I use Robinhood as my backup broker. (seriously) At least RH only goes down during record volume sessions. :sneaky:
All night...
So, would you prefer 1mil people producing a GDP of x or 2mil people producing 1.5x?
In the past half century, the poorest nations have gained the most population. (i.e. Africa, the Middle East and South America)
Just to chime in: If XYZ is an index component and index futures are offered below Fair Value, then a "sell program" is triggered that will buy...
When you hear stats saying, "70% of Stock Exchange volume is program trading", that means that price discovery is indeed being led by futures. A...
No, it won't work. The "demo" is giving you unachievable in real life fills.
Good grief. 1. Other than FOMC operations, most "market moving" news occurs outside of RTH. 2. Since 1993, $SPX has rallied about the same amount...
If someone asked you the same question but were instead, referencing index futures, would you have answered similarly? Yes, bond futures, just...
Then, why do the Rule 606 disclosures from the heavy discount brokerages show a majority of orders routed to Citadel, Virtu etal?
(((Bloomberg))) is a whiny billionaire propagandist with a thought controlling global media empire yet his Investigative Team is bonkers over...
Yea, at the time YM wasn't yet on Globex (pre-CME/CBOT merger) so I thought about hedging there, and if I known beforehand that the Dow would...
I'll share a funny story. In 2003 (i think) I was short an ES and working the bid side to cover with an IB account. It was around 10:30am, when...
Unless I'm mistaken, the only payments that IB receives are liquidity rebates from Exchanges. And, if you suspect that IB only routes your orders...
In answer to Robert, FSU and srnir: I realize that IB is far from perfect. HOWEVER, would you rather have your complex order shopped to whatever...
Unless you're legging, you're nuts to trade complex orders anywhere other than IB.
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