Friendly Tip The Canadian Dollar is a petro-currency - It follows the price of oil. :)
I would go with the weeklies. Don't pay for time premium you don't need. :)
Can't you add IB as a "payee" in your regular bank account? I'm with TD and BMO and the payee list is very extensive - but I haven't checked to...
I hope not ....... option traders need $500+ stocks such as GOOGL, AMZN, PCLN. :)
Selling options is just as risky as buying options. :)
Speculative is defined as "involving a high risk of loss". Option trading involves a high risk of loss due to its leverage - hence brokers...
Option trading is not investing. Option trading is Speculative. :)
With the markets at an all time high memories of March 2000 is coming back to haunt us. This time we will be prepared. :p Unfortunately the...
The product in question (Monday SPX weekly option) does not trade until tomorrow - August 15, 2016, so any impact they have on the Friday weeklies...
You obviously didn't have the PCLN shares to deliver, otherwise they wouldn't have closed the position. :)
ET Chat is dead now. It was active when it was added a few months ago but the novelty has worn off. :)
Bricks and Mortar = Boring :)
How does the PDT rule protect anyone? Why is opening and closing a trade in one day considered more risky than holding overnight? Why is a...
99% of option traders have no intention of trading the underlying. The idea behind an IC is to let the legs expire worthless. Assignment of a...
Initial credit $30.00 Debit required to close $120.00 - $70.00 = $50.00 PnL minus $20.00 :)
The intrinsic value is $0.15, but the ask is $1.20. You have to close the ITM short option so you are pretty well stuck with the ask. You could...
Good trade atrp2biz. Short strangles during earnings definitely isn't my cup of tea. TSLA trading flat as of now ($226.24) - very rare to see that...
Today is the big day. Since PCLN reports Thursday before the bell any earnings related trades will have to be opened today. :)
ITM options don't fit in with Covered Calls. CC's are long stock plus OTM calls, you want the OTM calls to expire worthless. :)
TSLA Trade Opened TSLA at $227.71 Bought 1 250.00 August 05 call at $0.85 Email order fill confirmation: Order B574171 Outstanding Quantity:...
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