Well for instance today I'm looking at the 780/790 RUT May call vertical with a b/a of .19/.25, if I enter an order to buy for .22 then the b/a...
Obviously I"m pretty biased on the stock vs option front. I think the best return I ever had trading stocks was 12% in a year followed by a...
It seems difficult to me with stocks but it is possible to make $50 a day using options. Of course you're looking at a pretty high risk high...
Yeah the natural b/a prices are horrible. I admit I don't totally understand how the order routing is handled. You mentioned the complex order...
The destination is SMART but the problem is that its showing the standard wide bid/asks that are like 40 to 50 cents wide. I like to watch those...
It looks like in my TWS, bids are not being reflected on combo option orders. For example A spy May 142/144 vertical spread is showing a bid/ask...
If you don't really own your home if theres a mortgage on it......then technically do americans really own the US since foreigners own US debt....
Sorry dude hate to see people lose money but I guess in order for me to make some...somebody else has to lose some. I'm sure I'll give it back to...
I'm having the best year so far trading strictly rut, ndx, and spx options only. Being long on both sides and adjusting positions. I was doing a...
They didn't explain what happened, the guy just got my account info, said to hold on and a couple minutes later had me try again and it was...
I'm in the same situation where at this point I'm nervous to send any significant trades with these delays especially with the quick swings in...
Yeah I typically trade around 200 contracts a day with pretty quick trades usually (1 minute or less per trade) so execution speed is a BIG DEAL...
Well this execution problem caught up with me today! I was long an option contract on RUT and saw the bid/ask spread as 1.70/1.85 which is a...
Anybody having problems where if they transmit an order in TWS it sits in the blue status for like 30-50 seconds before it goes green? I've been...
Wow I'm impressed! Just got off the chat with the IB rep and they fixed the problem. Didn't take nearly as long as I expected....I'll eat crow...
What the heck I'm trying to buy to close a short vertical call spread for a profit and I keep getting a message that I can't open new positions...
I'm curious what kind of a position Joe Lewis put on Bear. CNBC is reporting he was long the stock via short puts which means he could be down as...
I'm putting my wife and ours into a Roth. China ain't seeing my money for at least another 35 years :D
Thanks for the clarification Mav and Yip, wasn't sure how that was handled and now I know :)
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