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I have created an Excel template of form 8949 for this years tax reporting purposes, which I am attaching here for everyone's benefit. If you...
I trade same few stocks many times over in the year, more as a swing trader. Normally I close with a month at the most, many times within weeks or...
Thanks, I feel this is a much better approach too, do you trade weeklies or traditional monthly options for this purpose?
I traded with IB several years back and want to come back. I just submitted online application with them. What are the market data and other...
I have my expectations from a system and I'll not considering reporting it from my end or attemting to solve it from IB end is a waste of time. If...
Thanks Steve. That's the answer I'm looking for...Ram
plugger I used to trade futures in the night, but not actively doing it these days. But when I did trade in the night times, I don't remember...
Choad and others No the original problem I reported was way beyond any logic like the mid-point of the trades etc. Now that we discussed so...
ADLE To answer your question, now that you wrote (sold) the call for 7.5 strike, you do not have anything else to do. To look at it another...
My original complaint was only about a display problem. Its only an annoyance by which I am sometimes startled.. I normally only have stock...
Why does IB TWS show absurd numbers in the night times? Do these numbers have any significance at all? For example, if a stock/option traded at...
What a relief... from the monotony! Neoxx, I think you're posts are great. (Sometimes too great, and I need to look up the dictionary, but...
It was an OCT Bear Put spread, Long 40 Put, short 37.5 Put, that I bought last week for $0.95 and and is currently quoting $1.30
Cache I am in the same boat, trying to do some directional vertical spreads (mostly Debit) but facing the issue of the OTM options overvalued...
Nikhoi Why would Put selling have helped? Wash sale rule would apply even for related options, doesn't it? -Ram
I am sure most of the "Elite" options traders might have used spread of some kind in their options account. This is a question about the income...
Thanks Don. I didn't declare myself as a day trader for 2005, even though I made 100s of trades in options and 1000s of day trades in futures...
When a leg of a spread option trade (vertical/diagonal or butterfly with different legs with same expiry or close expiry dates) makes a loss while...
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