If i am short some options and get early assignment that causes me to have an amount of shares far beyond my buying power, will IB at least wait...
Say I am looking at SPY LEAPS at the money and the vega for the calls is .30. then I see that the at the money options expiring in the front month...
I am trying to program a scanner but I am struggling to think what logic I could input and give me the setups I want. Basically, what I want is a...
For those who regularly write options as their primary trading vehicle, are you setting stop losses? Whether they're by $ amount or technical...
How would a U.S. default affect the average citizen?
The past couple of weeks I have been paper trading with ThinkorSwim's Paper Money to test a new strategy and I have had a few very strange things...
I have a day job and because of this I can really only trade futures during the evening hours. Does anyone know of any decent live chat rooms of...
I am looking to buy this dip in XIV. I would probably buy 200 shares or so if i did. I am wanting some insurance in case XIV drops even...
Is there any way to switch back and forth between your live account and your paper money account in thinkorswim without closing out of the program...
I am short 2 SPX 1565 march monthly calls. Open interest is around 26,000. Not the end of the world if I get assigned, but of course I'd rather...
I know that the SPX is known for not being the most liquid index for options trading....but for how large of orders is this the case? From your...
What are the pros & cons of using different lengths of SMA's? For example, would a long term trader be more inclined to use a 200 day SMA? Would a...
If I sell uncovered puts for a stock, will my broker (TD ameritrade) make me borrow the amount of money required to exercise as collateral, even...
I only have around $600 cash right now and I want to make a little money by writing puts. Are there any stocks out there trading around $5.50 that...
Right now, AAPL is trading at 541.38. Covered Calls with a strike of 530 (well in the money) have a premium of 19.20 on the bid side. If I...
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