Hi redduke, Living in Australia, the KSE is by far the most liquid exchange in my region. So I've traded K200 options extensively in IB and am...
Thank you Woodark for that list of Korean brokers, very generous of you.. I've looked at a few and Eugene looks promising .. Do you recommend any...
I have to say I am grateful that I can get access to the K200 through IB as it is by far the most liquid market in this time zone (Australia). And...
Thanks dkjk, yes selling options is a big part of my strategy. The margin IB calculates for all Non-American options is the margin specified by...
Having traded K200 index options extensively on IB, I agree with dkjk that spreads are very good and the liquidity is unbeatable. But watch out...
The liqidity, commissions etc of the K200 option chains (as offred by IB) seem to be a great platform for trading option spreads except - the...
Try www.interactive brokers.com/en/accounts/fees/otherFees.php?ib_entity=llc It's not just cancellation fees, it's modification fees. I...
Guys, thank you, you are right! I hear you. I let my margin ratio get too high. OK, then what is your maximum margin ratio in your account?...
Spindr, yes you're right about me making excuses, there is an element of that. It was my fault I got into that position. But being in Australia is...
What if the position(s) went further against you during the day? Then IB has to play bill collector..... was asked by forex_forex. I dont...
Fair enough! But all I'm asking is whether TOS would do it differently? Would they trash your account 10 minutes after the open when the OCC...
To cut a long story short, IB trashed my account on Friday and I'm asking what TOS would do. The circumstances are - I have about $20K of gold...
well, bh_prop, thank you, you just came in on the scene at the right moment, I must admit I was tempted by dagnyt's idea and was just about to...
I forgot to mention - my IB account is showing -21K Current Available Funds and 0 Buying Power and a big red bar across the -10K excess Liquidity!!
Hello dagnyt, nice to hear from you again, you gave me some good advice recently remmeber when IB sold my 121 calls at a higher price than I had...
Thank you very much cvds16, I'll get on with the covering.
Thank you kind sirs for chipping in! You are tops. Although a novice at this exercise business, I had figured that exercising the 7 long 120 puts...
Any of you more experienced hands willing to help me out? I have a few SPY October iron condors that went straight through the vertical put...
Thanks to your prompting, I discovered IB have a desk open from 1600-200 hrs on Sunday (which correlated to Monday morning in Australia) and...
Thanks for all your replies. I am in Australia. The order was set up by myself (an unattended MARKET order). Of course, if nothing else, I have...
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