I trade with TOS and am a big fan of their platform. I have been thinking about switching over to IB but was afraid of their...
I spent more time then I would have liked selling vertical SPX spreads today. I started at the mid which I can usually get filled at with TOS and...
Does anyone know the intraday and overnight margin requirements?
ET99, My hat off to you for this thread . . I have been trading credit spreads on weekly options as I cannot stare at my computer all day...
I saw a post somewhere on ET a while ago where someone researched the Thursday closing price on SPX and the opening Friday SET value. I believe...
Not having ever traded on it, it looks identical to the optionhouse platform and if I remember correctly it might even reference option house in...
Are there any US daily options . . I trade weeklies but have never heard of dailies . . .
It is actually based off the SET value, not the opening prints which can be very different. What happens when Friday is a holiday or the first of...
I remember reading a similar post on ET before but I canât find it. I want to compare the SPX weekly Thursday close price to the Friday SET...
Thanks l2tradr . . that was along the lines of what I was looking for
I tried to have them match OptionsHouse but they wouldnt. They offered me 1.50 per contract and after asking them to match zecco's they gave me...
I was wondering if many traders use leverage beyond what the normal financial products allow (options, futures, etc.) by taking out bank loans,...
I was just wondering what are acceptable benchmarks for various spread types (i.e. vertical and calendar spreads on the S&P 500 (SPX)? I am...
Wanted to give this post a bump because I have the same question. Any spread traders out there with any advice?
Reading through the Career Trader section it looks like a lot of people trade commodities full time. Does anyone know of full timers that trade...
Whats wrong with making 2.5% a week?
But without volume the MM's spreads will be wide thus making it difficult to turn a profit without a large move.
I am aware of what I am trading. I make it a point to do as much research on the front end as to lessen the financial cost of ignorance. One...
I have been living trading credit spreads for a number of months on SPX and have started paper trading long puts and calls on the VIX. I just...
Thanks Heiasafari. I completely forgot last week was part of the monthly
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