More vitriolic spew with absolutely no facts or even suggestions for fixes. There are always people willing to take your money--both in the pit...
By the way, stock "XYZ" (aka AAPL) has earnings on Wed. IV is *unbelievably* important.
You've only got two of the three opinions necessary to trade options: 1) Direction - Up 5+ 2) Timing - 45 days 3) Volatility - ? Earnings...
More important--as soon as you blow out your account, your *broker* is required to cover your losses. (At least until they can recover from you....
The concept that private currency would be "inflation protected" is pretty naive. There's nothing stopping them from printing more certificates,...
You never made your point. How are electronic markets a *scam*? How is CBOT scamming us? It's not CBOT's job to keep electronic and pit markets...
The web site you posted lists the most expensive .tv domain sold so far is $8,000--for a two letter domain (which are selling for 6 figures in the...
I think you're missing the fact that the two markets are independent. The trades that occur electronically occur with a completely different set...
Why is CBOT a crook? Why are brokers crooks? Neither of them did anything wrong here. CBOT simply provided a means for people to trade. What...
I can't wait to spend medium 5 figures to have a fun!
You cannot combine ECBOT futures contracts into a combo, unfortunately--TWS rejects it. So, you have to trade each leg individually.
Maybe there's a bug in the paper trader? I really don't know how you're getting what you're getting. :-) Nope, that's not it--paper trade shows...
I'll verify tomorrow when the market is active and let you know.
The easiest way is to go to a new market data line and enter the root symbol--in this case 'ZC'. When the menu asking you what ZC is pops up,...
Right click on the data line and select Contract Info->Description Make sure that matches your expectations. I have this spread and the...
I just meant you need to be an IB client in order to access Trader Workstation.
IB's TraderWorkstation can do this, although that's not really free. stockcharts.com claims they might do it in the future....
What are the bid/ask spreads like on ICE? IB still doesn't have them and the spreads on the NYMEX softs are horrible.
Pair trading is practically identical to spread trading. If you think spread trading is "lame", you haven't been trading very long. Options...
If there's little or no time premium left in the options, they will almost certainly be exercised. Think of it this way--if the holder of a...
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