That sounds correct. I understand what you're saying, but based on how the rule reads you really would only have 5 broken wing iron condors and 5...
that makes no sense. I'd ask them to explain the maintenance requirement column on their margin site then.
correct, that is how it should work and is what they have listed on their site. What did IB staff tell you?
I don't know what you think or know. In the marketplace I buy and sell from time to time. If your wish of the "level playing field" were to...
You have to meet Reg T on trade date. Yes, that would be higher. You pay for the call in full, to short the stock it would be 150% (100% of...
are you putting any type of qualifier on your order? AON maybe?
IB's margin requirements for a reverse conversion is correct. You need to meet the initial requirements on trade date, then afterwards you have...
are you back crying again? Still trying to figure out what the OCC does? Yep, the CBOE went public. I suppose you think the members didn't get...
your money will be safe with all of them. firms carry SIPC insurance for $100K minimum in cash and most have additional insurance to cover more
Dude, you are crying. If not then why spend so much time whining about something that you don't even understand. I mean weren't you the guy that...
I saw where you said IB has in the past made an exception to one of their rules, so you expected them to do it again. They didn't and you won't...
payment for order flow is something totally different. that is what they pay to the brokerage firms for sending them orders. you can bid &...
yeah, of course but there's also a lot more risk involved in naked options trading. provided you never got pulled over, you could probably...
I've never heard of anything like that happening. According to 888options.com the reason they expire on Saturday is: "The reason that equity...
this explains it pretty well http://thismatter.com/money/options/trading-exercise-assignment.htm
ah, didn't realize that Asia had T+2 settlement. Interesting. I see your point about those that get pinned as well.
what rule is this? Hard to imagine any retail firm allowing clients to do this, especially an online firm? If one could do this, is the dividend...
every firm has to go through the OCC. Looks to me like they clearly list the cutoff times on their site for sending in exercise instructions. I...
when was the change made from T+3 to T+2 for stock trades? I totally understand the need for a buffer time period to process instructions but are...
read the options agreement you signed when you opened the account, there's a good chance you agreed to them doing this at that time. if they...
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