For all the reasons previously stated.
Finally, SPX options will be going electronic in the first quarter....
I hope SPX trades on this new exchange sooner than later...
Not sure if you ever got this answered but with TOS you have to enter "/" before the future symbol otherwise you will get the equity. Example, if...
Cache Landing, thank you for all the information. I am currently on the credit spread kick and doing pretty well, with a small account, but I am...
Jerkstore â You are 100% correct with being 10 points ITM, my mistake. I also now realize your point with OEX. For whatever reason I...
Jerkstore â I am not sure I completely agree with your comment but I could be thinking about it incorrectly. Closing price on OEX is...
At TOS an ACH transfer is free.
One of the reason for their ridiculously wide spreads . . . I frequently trade them but that doesnt mean I like the market makers
I agree you should execute the strategy that works for you but the only point I would make is that if you trade spreads on a board based index why...
I didnt see this thread until now but I put on a 500/505 call spread and held it to expiration for a nice gain. Although it was a close call on...
You can always trade options that qualify as 1256 contracts. These contracts have favorable tax treatment in that no matter how long you hold the...
SPX stops trading at the end of the day Thursday with the SET price determined using the component prices of the S&P 500 Friday morning. This...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-25/options-traders-ranks-swell-as-amateur-investors-embrace-iron-condors-.html Amazing how this article...
Quote from the1: Exactly. When I first started trading I was trading a small account and did over 1000% my first year. It was more like...
I am at 254% so far this year. But like the1 said I am at the point where my account is small and my money management isnt where it needs to be....
I trade condors on SPX and OEX. I am guessing that it has to do with TD Ameritrade buying them.
http://www.cboe.com/micro/weeklys/introduction.aspx Click on Volume Reports at the top right. I believe it give give volume for most of the...
Anyone else notice that TOS now requires you to have a balanced number of contracts for iron condors?! I talked to someone from the trade desk...
MTE I am trading live. I find it somewhat annoying when people talk about their trading without disclosing that they are paper trading. It is...
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