No matter who you are you must be able to borrow the stock that you are shorting.
VIX options do not trade after hours. They trade only on the CBOE between 830 and 315ct
ITG also has good access to the various COB's. I currently use WEX and as you say it works very well on the various COB's.
On the CBOE, the SPX, SPXW, OEX and XEO accept spreads in nickel increments only (the options themselves trade in nickel increments under $3)....
I have heard www.secondmarket.com but I know nothing about the company or how it works.
What product was it? Some do not trade in pennies such as OEX SPX and VIX (although VIX spreads do trade in pennies)
I think you are the best one to decide whether to exercise or leave these options. You know the company better than anyone here. Do you think it...
Before I could give any advice, You say this is a private company, I am assuming you will get stock in the private company when you exercise...
Really nothing to postulate. The VIX is cash settled. Any options you have are converted to cash at the settlement price on expiration. Its...
No COB (complex order book) for awhile. A real disadvantage if you want to enter spreads. Should be coming soon, though.
wex, itg, and redi are all showing quotes as is think or swim
oct 800 put 5@1.25 865 puts 34 last 2.35 among others
Yes, trading now. Very little volume. Tighter markets than SPX
The reason I ask is each broker has different criteria for different products on how to handle a spread trade. For example certain brokers may...
What broker are you using and what product are you trading?
Just wanted to comment here as some people are annoyed at Rmorse for "trolling". I found out about his firm through this message board....
As of now, your Dec calls will not be exercised, but you should exercise your long calls for the dividend. This will leave you synthetically...
The Quarterly and Weekly SPX PM settlement will continue to trade on the CBOE on their Hybrid system. This is an interesting decision as these...
Try SPXW
It doesn't matter how the position started, it is worth a certain amount now. You are now short deep puts against short stock. Since you already...
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