Agreed. (And in this case, that is the $1,000 uncovered exposure). As well, 1) the other side of the market can be written w/o (net) margin...
A very seldom-seen bit of wisdom.
Say whattttt? Okay, so, it's easy enough to agree with anyone being "trapped" in an iron condor == idiot. And ToS has long offered discounts to...
In Indianapolis, Bright House has a fairly good reputation. AT&T, on the other hand, has been in implacable pack of monopoly-sucking idiots. I've...
SPX option seller; 10 year TWS user; looking to meet/swap stories/tips with others.
Uh-oh. I feel like I am late on this one..... TMc Indianapolis
Not 100% sure, but I recall SPAN to be "performed" twice a day, twelve hours apart, and implacable otherwise. PM is (what IB terms) "real time"....
And a bucketful of strangles and straddles, all sold with no mention of TOS' commissions. ("Phew!") Further: 1) News doesn't matter. (The...
Without fills, your charts rank you amongst the *thousands* of BS artists who post their "I should'a done this!" charts as if they had, and...
Hey -- if we're voting, I'm voting LINKEDIN IS EVIL. I've been in the middle of it with them for over a year, and I STILL get stream of "Do...
Remember that the SPX reflects a live index, while the front-month ES quote is a futures contract carry -- down 7.5 points when it becomes the...
"Word." "+1" etc etc etc.......
Sorry, ET_NYC, but this one gets a big ol' "+1"...... FWIW, Mirus commissions are comparable to IB, but the fees in account management are...
PS, I guess: yes, I've had weeks go by with all positive trades. So what? That's how I'm trading, and not magical at all. The price is, you pony...
Less than what you are missing is what you're getting, and from where are you getting it[?]... The post to which you responded was a laud...
Hmmmmm. "Thank you for so often and so generously taking the other side of my trades." Yeah. Yeah. That says it. That does it. That does it...
If you're aiming for points and nabbing 6+ a day? You're doing a crap-ton-load better than me. I'm leaning back into scalping again -- I've...
How do you mean, "studied volume"??
NOT always a useful option. IB will incorporate CBOE's SPAN into retail accounts' margin requirements WITHOUT WARNING ~12pm, and again at ~12am....
What sort of time frame are you trading, and for what sort of move are you hunting? If you are hunting for points or 00:30:00 or 01:00:00...
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