Yes. This is accurate. I was told it was a sudden overnight decision, and that no communication was sent to IB customers. The trade desk can...
Check the price of the put option on the same strike in relation to the dividend. Owning the call is like owning both the stock and the put,...
Since the title of this thread is: "Profitable, professional options traders", I forgot to mention in the last post: Most professional...
I haven't looked through option trading books lately, but here goes: Volatility Trading by Euan Sinclair is very good, but a reader would...
Gustaf, Why do you think that it will work well for covered calls against your stock portfolio? I would argue that it will not work well...
Using Markowitz optimization on a portfolio of options sounds too scary. There are more dimensions of risk to worry about besides just movements...
It depends somewhat on why you can't borrow stock. Nobody can get stock? Or you personally are not in a great position to borrow stock, because...
There should be some decay over the weekend. News can happen, etc. So the transition from Friday Close to Monday Open should not be continuous...
frost - Trading ITM options for leverage is not a great plan. The transaction costs are just too large compared to the DOW 30 stocks which...
tonyc - What is your average holding period likely to be? Unless it's a really long period, and there is something about your strategy that...
You'll end up with 717 ANR shares, $7000 in cash, and some extra cash in lieu of the 0.5 share.
The borrow has loosened up considerably in LNKD. Still 20-30% though. I am not aware of any arrangements for small traders that allow them to...
Since the market is zero supply, some other investor is short the call option that you are long. He is long the underlying (stock or coupon bond)...
IB's rule seems to outlaw buying a Bullish call vertical !!! Buy 100 BAC 30 calls. Short 100 BAC 35 calls. According to (NA2), this is...
IB posted the following bulletin this morning. Their interpretation of the rules does NOT seem correct to me. Our other broker does not have...
The stock is in the low 20's, very far from your 35 strike. Think intuitively. Ignoring interest considerations for the moment, how much...
It has been a few months since this thread started. I was wondering if anyone had more positive things to say about optionhouse. Also, does...
Hi. I trade through Interactive Brokers. Is there a way to get NYSE MOC imbalance data right in a column in TWS? Does IB even get the feed from...
By closing the position, I assume you mean: Sell the puts. The problem with that is the bid price. I can't sell them for parity. If SPY is...
I actually don't care about the risk of being short $2.5mm worth of S&P500 for a day. It is a hedged position, anyway. I only care about quirks...
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