what about a "Pause Execution" -- [I think that's what it's called] is that treated the same as a Cancellation, at IB? marc
I will have to look it up, probably Monday. marc
funny, IB has just started accepting .01 increment orders [for me], on options I wasn't previosly able to the screen still only shows...
please clarify could you be talking about the 0.05 spread only contracts? 0.20 bid x 0.25 ask - no pennies in-between accepted? marc
a better example, or more common, might be the flip side, 5 naked short puts, and bad news right after the market closes. marc
hypothetical: let's say the UL stock is trading around $18 Friday afternoon, and I have 5 naked Short Calls [$20 strike], and I can close them...
Since I use Options Oracle at least once a week, I sent them a [small] donation. I wish it were more up to date [supported], but it's still...
this has probably been asked, but... do options decay [theta] over the Weekend, all the other greeks remaining the same? and maybe it's not...
I guess I was thinking - how do you "risk a little" with any stock over $500? marc
I don't know how you can expect to spend/risk "a little" doing much of anything with AAPL unless you buy some far out of the money [cheap]...
are some of these posts just "theoretical" trades? I ask because, looking at the option pricing for SGG [for example], the spread is very...
I'm thinking of opening the PaperTrader account with IB, just to compare options capital requirements. I have a margin account with them, but...
danshirley, I assume your "annualized %" takes into account Capital Used? I've been using the Options Oracle software, and I find it very...
people do Strangles - don't they? a naked short call, is just 1/2 of a strangle, and the better half - in my opinion sure there's risk, but...
I have a few May JCP naked short calls, but Earnings is coming up on Tuesday, and I was looking for some hedge ideas, since JCP has been...
I'm only familiar with [tried] cash neutral, correlated pairs trading. Non-guessing, if you will. Here, I would be concerned about AAPL...
true Is that pair trading, or a hybrid of some sort? marc
I forget, but I think the professional pair traders want to keep the prices within 5-10% or so of each other. You could ask Don Bright; he's...
do DELL & AAPL have some Historical Correlation? not to mention a Huge Price difference...yikes marc
others have mentioned the OptionsOracle software. I've been using it, and it seems to be decent for comparing different options. It appears...
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