if I wanted to take this play on Japanese Interest Swaps?...
for those of you who use IB, like myself, I was wondering what tax filing software or online service is very easy to import IB Schedule D...
ya, actually i went heavier with NOV calls, and lost everything ... but held some DEC (what i meant), so hopefully i will end up making money, but...
LDK options payday today. Consider this, when LDK was at $26 last week, NOV 70's were going for abuot .1 finally this one payed off...
if you are truly interested, reread the press releases from today and I'll answer any questions that may be remaining. I know the end results...
hope so, there is talk that the audit is done, complete and clean ... but the legal team is going overkill to prepare everything 100% perfect...
wow, that is correct, so margin req' is 156% the value you sold the naked PUT at. Thats seems pretty hefty ... I'll defenitely play CALLS long on...
ahh, ok so for PUTS, its the amount less than the strike and for CALLS, amount greater than the strike
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ok, thanks ill try that and make sure not to click transmit :)
thanks again for replying, well my first posts were me confused trying to figure out what is going on. Since then I hope I have come closer to...
optionscoach, as i posted earlier its clear your broker has different requirements than mine, also your example does not make sense spindr0,...
Hi optionscoach, thanks for your continued help. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/marginRequirements/margin.php?p=ssf&ib_entity=llc...
thats interesting, since say i do run off Reg T margin, lets take this hypothetical: My account has $1000 cash (thats all) .. now, say I...
oh i see. Since CALLS are not marginable, then I couldn't use them with my PUT money i have. However, I theoretically could use that money to...
thanks for the reply spindr0, I may be confused on something then. If I am truly bullish, could I sell PUTS to increase my cash availability to...
absolutely, its the same things as 'writing a call/put' the charts are a little reversed, limited gain, and most possible loss
nice tip, that makes good sense. I think if im truly bullish ill go CALLS for my situation
if you are bullish on an option, you have 2 options i see. 1) Long Call (deducted from cash, no margin requirements) 2) Short Naked Put...
Mike, go ahead and call LDK headquarters in China if you speak Mandarin. Its not illegal information, and its not written down, but I heard from...
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