yes, your broker can exercise the long option if need be. If you read over your options agreement & margin agreement you're required to sign to...
why would the broker liquidate the long option to meet the margin call and not exercise it for the client? if you don't have sufficient margin...
FINRA rule 2520 states that the only spreads allowed in cash account are European Style cash settled. If the put spread owner is assigned on...
crook. kidding, what you said makes sense.
yeah, there is risk involved but it goes with the territory and it's their job to manage that risk. Not just their delta, but their gamma too,...
here's some excerpts from FINRA rule 2520: (M) Cash account transactions â A member may make option transactions in a customer's cash...
spreads are allowed in cash accounts only if the underlying are European style cash settled.
a margin account is not required for cash secured puts.
yeah, should be the naked requirement
what kind of price improvement? any different than what the BOX or ISE gives? I'd be really suprised if IB wasn't selling their order flow as...
damn, that could add up quickly for active traders. do they rebate back some of those fees if you do enough trading? when would it be 2.10...
how much are the fees? never traded with IB
I believe you are thinking of a trailing stop. that should stay with the broker until triggered and then sent out as a market order. a regular...
yeah, I don't see why anyone wouldn't do this for real and expect the same results regularly.
supposed to be increased margin requirements on naked options on the leveraged etf's in the near future as well. requirements for the...
most don't require the use of margin, but still have do have a margin account to put them on. unless you're only doing cash settled
what is charting the option going to do for you?
I believe some brokers will not allow clients to exercise ITM positions if they don't have funds in their account to cover the resulting buy/sell...
depends, is the $500 being used to meet the margin requirement? If so then most likely not. If you had the margin requirement beforehand and the...
I'd guess they aren't checking dividend dates, and a lack of understanding that they're going to be on the hook for that dividend when assigned.
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