Gap up is your risk. One I would not like to take on a stock such as TSLA. Once price has triggered where you buy the underlying, you have to...
I follow this group as well. They are obsessed with covering/hedging for black swan events, so I expect they should still be doing fine at the...
Wow what a roller coaster. I won't (day)trade the market from a directional perspective for now. I cannot trade it: 15-20 point ES jumps in a...
Yep, that is exactly my problem. In my view the opposite should have happened. I opened a complaint with IB. I do have the feeling they are...
That is correct. I'm very much aware of this risk. I therefore have no problem the position was liquidated. I decided to take on this risk, as I...
I'm curious what plays you did today. Great vol for some nice fly's :)
I see what you mean. I should have used different words I guess. I legged into zero-cost spreads, creating the risk free positions. There was some...
Let this be a good lesson to always have a plan what to do when the trade goes against you, before you actually start the trade. If you don't know...
I lost a significant amount today, in my opinion, because of incorrect liquidation by IB :( I was trading an iron condor that would expire today....
Well, it's always easy in hindsight. I shorted it (not outright, but setup a sizeable deep OTM put diagonal spread) when it was at $480. This was...
New day, new ATH. Unbelievable.
Ok, understand now IB does these post expiration-liquidations 2 hrs before close. Normally I don't play options on expiration day, but made an...
I too was very frustrated with them last Friday. Instead of making a nice profit, I lost some following their auto-liquidation rules. I bought...
Very interesting.Thanks for sharing.
231P = 2-3-1 Put: he buys 2 puts of the lowest strike, sells 3 puts of the center strike and buys 1 put of the upper strike. See it as 2 credit...
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