The recommendations I made are for someone sitting at the computer watching their positions. Familiarity with a particular underlying should let...
I used smart as always and it routed it to CBOE. It's not a big issue as it wouldn't have executed anyway and I only called them to find out if...
To Jim Rockford Here is a link to another post I put up regarding delayed postings on the CBOE that I had placed through IB. Maybe you can shed...
None. Their answer was "Well it's showing now".
Was interested in GSF calls a few days ago . The spread was 290x320 and I placed a buy at 300. Nothing changes. After a couple of minutes I call...
What you do is you react!!!!!! You either: 1. buy the stock to cover the short call and make $ as it goes up since the delta on the OTM call you...
"it might not have been out of the realm of possiblity that you might have been expected to be informed of holidays and how your TWS system works....
Well for my 2 cents worth, stocks do one of 5 things and if you are a seller of options , you make $ on 4 of the possible movements. So your only...
When I first started trading I was trading options on the Q's and OEX. Market was swinging back and forth with the Gulf War, SARS, mad cow disease...
You might watch LFC as a stock that has some pretty good moves during the day and has been on a strong upward trend. BUT it is Chinese.
Speaking from experience, funny how when you are paper trading it seems so easy to sell lots of naked puts and calls to reap the benefits like the...
I'm not suggesting you own stock or not. As a stock holder I would only want to hear customers rave it up as such a wonderful company so other's...
"we think that such posts are contrary to our interests as customers of IB" Where does this come from???? I've been with them for 5 years and...
Because I'm a poor boy who trades options because he can't afford the stock.
I have a basic understanding of stochastics but can't figure out how you could chart say the 3 day fast and the 5 day slow to see were they might...
If you think that is a good IB story, here's one of mine. I went long 50 contracts on the qqq's when Sadaam was captured. The market tanked and...
In 5 years of trading options I've never exercised one and don't intend to start, I always cash out. I just want to know what the strike price...
Well now you see why I said getting a correct answer out of IB was next to impossible. I had thought there was a standard procedure before talking...
I knew I could exercise my options prior to the merger and receive the $26/share + 50 shares of the new RIG. I had asked IB about the process on...
My broker is IB so getting a correct answer from them is impossible, they are useless.
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