please comment, as the candle chart looks like it is going to be very volatile
If option spread has a +ve vega, is it true that if volatility increases so does value of spread by the +ve vega amount. but does this increase in...
it would be a good idea do chart of vix on a monthly time frame, as daily is much more short term, so is your interpretation of those charts that...
Yes, implied volatility is future looking, predicted volatility right? is this not the same as vix? as a sizeable number of traders look at the...
veteran option traders like Tom Sonsoff say that in a study of 5 years data, selling straddles or doing iron butterflies have more profit, if the...
Sorry if l wasn't making myself clear. l said "l often open trades deep ITM and rarely do they get assigned before expiration. l mean perhaps ~5%...
l often open trades deep ITM and rarely do they get assigned before expiration. l mean perhaps ~5% frequency? 100% frequency if leave it ITM at...
l believe it is $15 if assigned. how often do these assignment happen? eg. if your option does go ITM, or is already ITM when trade opened, eg in...
Just like when OCA orders could only be used for single legs! Sense has come to IB developers and they suddenly woke up, so OCA can now be used...
wrong! for index options ib are significantly more expensive, TOS gives special commission rates for ib users. $1.2 flat per leg for me, trade an...
TOS have that already. you want to save loads of money? well change broker. it don't matter how IB big mouth about cheap commissions; they aren't...
what other posts have been on this anomaly? could it be because of internal trading? hell,they can do all the internal trading they want, so long...
I trade futures and options with IB, whenever I trade I check the time and sales off the legs if a combo is traded. Why is it often the case the...
hajimow, l thought the method to get the commissions you are on is if you direct your single leg orders to exchanges other than smart. so how do...
hajimow, so when would you choose to enter with combo orders as opposed to single legs / legging in? is there any method for reducing commission...
hajimow, do these low commissions not apply to combo orders? if not is there a way of getting lower commissions on combos what is it? how do...
l checked your attachment and I have never once received such commissions in the past. I only ever used SMART, rather than directed. What...
they're definitely not that attractive for options especially considering the RAM hogging underperforming feature poor software, poor management...
I had similar experience, the legs data in the options time and sales often don't add up, with myself getting a bad deal by as much as 15% Their...
âI'd say that several traders isn't exactly a lot of requests. And I doubt that the OCA function is critical to most option traders. And if what...
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