Thanks for the reply. I actually have one more question. If I have an account size of $25,000. I have open spread(s) and have margined of...
This is a pretty silly question, but I just wanted to double check. If I'm short an option on a Jan contract (and assuming it a naked one), if I...
If I had a DEC 1220/1205 Bull Put Spread and then opened a 1280/1295 Bear Call Spread WEEKLY , I would be margined only $1,500, right?
Another question..... Are ES & SP options European (like $SPX) or American settled??
Yeah, that's what I was thinking about doing. I thought I would see what the margins for SP, though. Aren't the options on SP more liquid then...
Hi, I know it was asked earlier on this thread. But, is there anyway one could calculate the SPAN margin for a particular options spread? Is...
I had a 1240/1250 bear call spread which was part of an Iron Condor. I had closed the short 1240 strike yesterday, but held onto the long 1250....
Are the markets open on Friday (Veteran's Day)?
Don't know if this was discussed earlier. But, I was looking on IB and was looking at selling a Dec 1140/1135 Bull Put spread. And I noticed:...
I can't seem to find the IV for a stock/index on IB. If anyone knows how to on IB, please share. I went to www.ivolatility.com and used one of...
How did you find that volatility for NDX is 13.9%?
You can check and/or adjust your timezone by clicking on "Your Account" on top of this page, and then "options". The Time Zone is on the bottom of...
lol, thanks.
I sold 122/123 Call spread on XSP today. Got $0.25/contract. I wouldn't mind a few bears coming into this market now....:)
Yeah that's what they said. Dear Trader, As it stands right now the Beta version and older TWS versions, not the current stand-alone, or...
IB help emailed me back and said they are only available on the browser version. I logged on through the browser version, but still can't find...
Ok. I also email them earlier this evening. Let's see what they say. If you do get it to work, please post it here. Thanks.
I was finally able to get into IB. But, I still can't seem to get quotes for the SPX weekly options. I wanted to see where Coach's SPX Weekly...
Ohhh. News to me. Thanks!!
Thanks for the info. I'm trying to log into IB, but I can't. I know you can't log in on Saturday since they do maintence or something to the...
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