I am guessing that since you are talking about inactivity fees you trade very rarely so the $7 per trade is not really an issue except for your...
Check to see if your .15 a contract broker includes exchange fees. My guess is it doesn't. If thats the case add about another .45 a contract...
I think you will have a tough time beating IB for price. TOS might be a bit easier to use, but they are also more expensive. I dont think TOS...
I've been singing this all day long Thanks Blackhawk
I don't think I know enough to give you advice there. As a smaller trader if you are doing spreads you would probably want a broker who routes...
You have until 5:30pm eastern time to either file a contrary exercise form (if you dont want an option exercised) or to exercise one that is out...
The SPX is traded on the CBOE only (along with the CBOE's other proprietary products the OEX and VIX). There are well over 100 market makers in...
What was the symbol of the product you were trading? As mentioned by others there are several reasons a European option may trade under parity....
Can't give my secrets away :) But basically I try and put on low risk positions were I think I have an edge. I also trade similar products...
The compromise by the cboe was to create a new product, spxpm and put that on the c2. There are no plans to move the SPX itself.
Yes, much less volume as it just start trading a few weeks ago. Still very tight quotes, so I don't think you would have a problem with fills....
Your welcome, You also may want to look at the SPXPM options. These are the same as the spx options, but they expire in the afternoon. They...
The quotes you see are the only ones anyone can see. No way to know other Market Maker quotes except with the method I described in my last post....
The SPX is unique in the options world. While other option pits have multiple Market Makers sending quotes, the SPX has only one. This results...
Cancellation fees come from the exchange to the broker after a certain number of cancels occur. This is done more to try and stop public customer...
Just started Monday.
Go to www.theocc.com This is the Option Clearing Corp site. Type in BMO and you will see memos on this. When I pull up the quote these...
Assuming you are talking about the markets, not the last price. The 12 thru 7 strikes include a cash component in the options.
There is no consideration of "max profit". Everything goes in the "mix" of thier postion. They are looking at their total delta gamma, theta,...
All the market makers in the SPX pit hedge with the SPX 500 future, whether the mini or the full size contract. None of them are concerned with...
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