thank you for the reply. Shouldn't taxes also be entered into that equation? If i'm not mistaken the taxes on US dividends are 25%(correct me if...
Hi, so my question is this, and i was hoping someone with more experience in the options market could provide me with: Supposedly I'm Short a...
Hi guys, I was hoping someone could answer this for me, since i can't find any info on the web. I noticed that in many cases the margin...
Hi guys! So i've recently been looking into stock warrants, and although most of the info can be found online, there are some things from the...
thank you! what confused me was that they stated ''it allows you to trade volatility instead of price'' and i didn't know how that's possible...
just got off the live chat with IB. Even they couldn't tell me anything else except what is written in the description on their website. If...
thanks for the answer, but i meant as in if i sell volatility trough the IB volatility trader/VOL order, does it just sell an option? (in the...
hi guys, i've been trading options with IB's platform for quite some time now, but can't seem to figure out their volatility trader or more...
1. so for example if the stocks actual vol is at 20%, stocks IV is at 10% and we're looking at a smile skew that could be considered that the ATM...
hi guys, so I've been trading on the demo for quite some time now and am about ready to start trading on a live account but still have some...
thank you for the answer again! it cleared things up quite a bit :)
thanks, you see i wasn't completely clear as to if the options i buy have to first be put up for sale by some other trader, or if they are put up...
Hi guys, i realise this will be a completely newbie question but for some reason i just can't wrap my head around it or seem to find it online....
thank you for the answer, but are there any (good, reliable)websites that offer alerts on when the stock has been upgraded or downgraded?
Hi guys, i have a question if there is a website that offers a calendar on the upcoming upgrades/downgrades of a stock? or at least when the...
i tried closing only one contract and the profit was 1.7$, with the commission of 0.95$...so it is was meant for the whole 10 contracts, and this...
thank you for the answer, but the commission per contract trade is 0.95$(in this case, since it is 10 contracts, it would be 9.5$), wich is still...
Hi guys, I just have a question regarding option pricing. i recently sold(on my demo account): Short SPY weekly OTM put option, expiration...
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