Recent Content by optionsgeek

  1. OptionsHouse spread pricing

    Yes, I suppose I could call OH and possibly even get the right answer. However I was hoping to get some feedback from actual users. For instance:...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jul 30, 2012 in forum: Options

  2. OptionsHouse spread pricing

    Curious about the quoted pricing for spread trades at OH. Their website says "$12.50 + 0.15/contract". If I trade 20 x iron condor (4 legged...
    Thread by: optionsgeek, Jul 30, 2012, 4 replies, in forum: Options

  3. NEW story about Penson/Apex. Worth a read for those that clear thru Penson.

    Really? Then why is it Trade King filing suit and not Broadridge I wonder?
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jun 23, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  4. NEW story about Penson/Apex. Worth a read for those that clear thru Penson.

    Yes, thank god for Peak6. With apologies to Churchill, the Penson acquisition is perhaps the least cynical act in history.
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jun 22, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  5. Penson - What's this all about?

    Thanks for pointing out that the peak6 investment is debt, not equity. Could the discrepency be due to the nature of the debt? I.e., distressed...
    Post by: optionsgeek, May 27, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  6. New OptionsEXpress Charges

    The real issue is buried in this article at Reuters: "OptionsXpress shut down OX Trading in February in anticipation of the Volcker Rule, which...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Apr 19, 2012 in forum: Wall St. News

  7. How fast are options market makers?

    Of "social" benefits I am not qualified to respond - perhaps you could check with all the various market participants to see if they felt like...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jul 7, 2011 in forum: Options

  8. How fast are options market makers?

    SIG and Wolverine are big equity option players. Not sure about the rest. Infinium and DRW are more futures, right? I've heard of Optiver but only...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jul 6, 2011 in forum: Options

  9. How fast are options market makers?

    Thanks for replying, hippie, I'm not sure I fully appreciate your point about options occasionally ticking ahead of a stock. Jerkstore, above,...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jul 6, 2011 in forum: Options

  10. How fast are options market makers?

    After going over the new SEC Market Access requirement, I believe that complying with the new regulation will *significantly* increase order...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jul 6, 2011 in forum: Options

  11. Open E-Cry and Velocity Affected by Fictious Trades

    @PocketChange: The CTFC complaint alleges (and the subsequent judicial order appears to confirm) common ownership of the two accounts by a single...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jun 17, 2010 in forum: Retail Brokers

  12. Open E-Cry and Velocity Affected by Fictious Trades

    @PocketChange: see the CME rule on wash sales. These trades clearly meet this definition are therefore prohibited under exchange rules and subject...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jun 17, 2010 in forum: Retail Brokers

  13. Professional market maker (options) software?

    Nitro, Sounds like you have been looking at this space in detail. Writing a mass quoter is big deal - lots of moving parts. You say you are...
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jul 20, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  14. low latency trading in Chicago

    I think RCG is in the low-latency, fixed income space, as well as Citadel. BTW, last I heard is that Breakwater/P6 deal was back on.
    Post by: optionsgeek, Jul 18, 2007 in forum: Prop Firms