To clarify -- I regard everything aside from ARCA Options and Nasdaq Options as legacy. In my opinion, the others' policies (BOX's somewhat...
To the best of my understanding, Nasdaq Options and ARCA Options don't charge any cancel fees AT ALL. So consider routing to them instead. It...
I've never heard of a 100-stock limit to an account before -- must be specific to IB (?). I think any of Genesis, Assent, Lime, or Lightspeed...
I think you're right -- short ban day was the day that things got really weird. I wonder how long it will be before things will hit "normal"...
Seems likely he (or she?) is trolling. At least I hope so, for his/her's sanity's sake :D
With options, you need to have a very precise boundary by which point you expect your stock to have gone up by a particular price. This seems to...
I agree. Although I agree that central clearing of CDS's is a big step in the right direction, why should CME firms (and by extension, the...
I agree with eagle -- there is some truth to the original post, but there are many who are legitimately successful on ET; say, those consistently...
Thanks, kjsnow25, that is indeed very helpful. I am glad to hear that Lime has gone "pure agency" as this would seem to clear the way for a lot...
But Lime also runs one or more hedge funds for its own benefit through the system, correct?...
speculatus, Based on your experience, what vendors would you recommend? FYI, here is an older thread that lists a lot of vendors (but they...
Is Lime really "pure agency"? I thought they operated one or more high-frequency hedge funds, which to me would disqualify them as such. The...
It seems that Sterling prevents you from entering entry odd-lot orders for all trading venues, even those that seemingly have no such restrictions...
You can trade most stocks/futures with any Penson "introducing broker", I think, although some of their platforms are a little shaky. To the...
efficientexecutions.com was on these forums advertising rates as low as .001 a couple of weeks ago, although such threads were mysteriously...
I think that there are two uses to distinguish here: 1. FIX for your own execution management. This is widely offered, although a lot of...
I agree with most of your proposals -- it would be great if many of these things made it in, notably a BTU-based tax and a consumption tax scheme...
OP only has one post and it's an Excel file? Beware trojans -- maybe scan it first...
Based on the variables you list above, you seem to be calculating the Black-Scholes pricing for an option based on historical volatility. Implied...
A few days ago, CNN or something other online publication, apparently having gotten there too late for a picture of an actual trader, used a...
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