I can't close my options that are expiring today, after I place an order, it looks normal, but it doesn't go through, for example, if an option has bid price $2.00, I sell at $1.9, the order can't get filled. Tried the latest TWS and TWS mobile, nothing works. I'm trying to contact IB, but it's difficult to load any pages at the moment. Anyone experienced this? Any quick tips?
Can't sell my options no matter what I do, can't sell even with market order. My $2.7K options are now only worth $700. This is so frustrating, never happened before. What's wrong with IB?
There are 13 or more equity option exchanges. Direct your order to the exchange with the best bid by not using smart. You can add a field that will tell you what exchange has the best bid in the settings of option trader.
Tried everything, log out and back many times, new version, mobile, reboot my computer, nothing works... I'm trying to sell ES FOP (EW1) Nov03'17 2575 Put, 12 contacts. Doesn't seem to matter much now.
Okay this brings back memories that launched my interest in trading donkey years ago. I started off as a young stubborn kid selling cheap credit spreads. needless to say I got burned. took me years to figure out I am better off trading outright one of the burns I got then was not understanding the product I traded- european options, which cease trading on thurs, 1 day before the exercise day on fri (https://optionalpha.com/4-must-know-options-expiration-day-traps-to-avoid-9012.html) could be a similar case, or not
Yes, tried market order, tried to sell at much lower than bid price, it seems that TWS didn't transmit my order.