Regarding ToS, this is an observation rather than a criticism... Seems unusual that several things have been mentioned in this forum that are...
Curious. IB pays 4.79 and 5.05% money mkt rates (depending upon your acct size. Are you guys not getting decent mm rates with your brokers?
Sure, be glad to. If you play with the ToS graphic risk analysis, you will notice that the mouse ear only produces the 'ear' profit on Expire...
$360 minus $15 transaction cost. And like I said, IB can handle the complex orders, but for the effort expended, ToS's higher commissions might...
Excellent... and a 'Mid' calc of combo B/A... nice. I plan to open a ToS account next week. I'll spend a few months comparing ToS with IB....
IB. You didn't ask, but: They have a trading platform that can be configured to suit about any feature a stock trader would need, but the...
I actually did the trade. And the $3.60 Credit came from the worst of the B/A sides since I accidently entered a $.55 Lmt Order instead of my...
Opened vertical SPX Spread: -10 MAR07 1415 PUTS @ 3.90 +8 MAR07 1405 PUTS @ 3.10 +1 MAR07 1420 PUTS @ 4.80 +1 MAR07 1425 PUTS @ 5.80...
Another Veto
For quite awhile I've played with calculating Hist Vol against my EOD database using the established formulas, only to be frustrated by wildly...
Now THAT's Funny! I didn't think it was that obvious, but you ARE indeed the 'Master'!. :D :p :)
Master of the Obvious! :D
No interpretation yet. Just playing with the data (starting with the visual). Objective is to analyze, optimize and simplify spread level...
Sharing a visual I'm playing with. The attached is a chart of the SPX with Bands calculated from a correlated daily VIX value using the...
1) Options on er2 or the er2 itself? 2) Any guidelines or insight?:confused:
Interesting! Why reference a 'hard coded' delta related to current vols when vols are variable and change day to day? Wouldn't it be more...
Sure! Here is the 1st thing I learned from the silent response... Don't ask stupid questions.:p
Sorry to quote myself. The silence was deafening. In fact, the silence was inspiring! I've done the research and have found the clues I...
OK... I am quoting a portion of a very old post from Mav (#551). And here is my point: Last weekend I ragged on Mav about being a 'riddler',...
Glad you took my post in the proper spirit. Mine is not a conspiracy theory, Nor do I accuse you of manipulating the market. I don't have that...
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