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  1. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    Well no offense was meant. Never mind
    Post by: darp, Jun 16, 2020 in forum: Options

  2. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    Well, did same general trade but with next week exp at Etrade and sure enough the margin used was less after execution, but gotta laugh about how...
    Post by: darp, Jun 16, 2020 in forum: Options

  3. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    Well did same setup at Etrade and instead of $15,000 it was 7,500 margin so their final week super jacking up of margin is still there. Same trade...
    Post by: darp, Jun 16, 2020 in forum: Options

  4. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    Hi, do not want to share the trade and today it is performing spectacularly. Confirmed it with a real trade at Fid so far this morn, over 75%...
    Post by: darp, Jun 16, 2020 in forum: Options

  5. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    There is no exercising on SPX options, it is euro style. The danger of AM ones is you do not know what price your will get, they decide that the...
    Post by: darp, Jun 16, 2020 in forum: Options

  6. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    I only do PM ones, thanks. May solve the issue myself by restructuring the trades for similar behavior with format the brokers see as low risk...
    Post by: darp, Jun 15, 2020 in forum: Options

  7. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    Thanks. In general has anyone noticed a broker that is better at margin on option spreads such as diagonals? It can make a big difference. I...
    Post by: darp, Jun 15, 2020 in forum: Options

  8. SPX weekly options Etrade wants massive increase in margin exp week?

    Hi, have switched from SPY to SPX options in last week and so far everything wonderful. 1/10th the comms, better taxes, getting great fills,...
    Thread by: darp, Jun 15, 2020, 16 replies, in forum: Options

  9. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    I am about .55 all in a side at ET, same as SPY or IBM. I do get a discount as high volume, but think std is .65.
    Post by: darp, Jun 10, 2020 in forum: Options

  10. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    In real world in terms of buying I have been getting between the mid and 20% below the mid, excellent executions. Expect exiting will be the...
    Post by: darp, Jun 10, 2020 in forum: Options

  11. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    That sounds great FSU, Thanks!
    Post by: darp, Jun 6, 2020 in forum: Options

  12. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    Also if anyone know of anything beyond the SPY and SPX that have Monday and Friday options, most interested.
    Post by: darp, Jun 6, 2020 in forum: Options

  13. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    Thanks FSU. On the bid/ask spread indeed see a difference. Was able to quote a spread on Etrade with both SPY and SPX and the mid was .06 and...
    Post by: darp, Jun 6, 2020 in forum: Options

  14. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    Thanks destriero, I have IB, Fid and Etrade and on stocks at Fid no matter what type of stock there are no comms. However none have zero comms...
    Post by: darp, Jun 6, 2020 in forum: Options

  15. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    Tax Treatment Differences Here there is a substantial plus to Index options. The IRS treats these indexes differently from stocks (or ETFs). The...
    Post by: darp, Jun 6, 2020 in forum: Options

  16. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    https://investingshortcuts.com/options/spy-options-versus-spx-options/ says maybe 1/10th the cost on SPX options. Right now am paying .50 a SPY...
    Post by: darp, Jun 6, 2020 in forum: Options

  17. Anything besides SPY with M/W/F expires? stock, ETFs, futures

    SPY has Mon/Wed/Fri options. I find them handy. This http://www.cboe.com/products/weeklys-options/available-weeklys says LIST OF AVAILABLE...
    Thread by: darp, Jun 6, 2020, 14 replies, in forum: Options

  18. Options margin question

    Hi Bob, I put a trade on IB for a stock at 38 (atm roughly) a reverse Calendar spread and it seems to be using up abou $2000 of margin to my...
    Post by: darp, Jun 13, 2019 in forum: Options

  19. The Many Mysteries of Shorting:Invalid Short Reports? Why Shorts Pay Over 100% Interest? Etc., Etc.

    Well IB finally got back to me or irrational interest rates on short lends, compared to short data. Well they basically could not explain it....
    Post by: darp, Feb 15, 2019 in forum: Trading

  20. The Many Mysteries of Shorting:Invalid Short Reports? Why Shorts Pay Over 100% Interest? Etc., Etc.

    Hi, Think if you look at the data you will change your mind, the heavily shorted stocks have low interest rates and the stocks NASDAQ claims have...
    Post by: darp, Feb 12, 2019 in forum: Trading
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