I've never tried Live Support for my orders. Hmmm, what do I say? First, I don't call unless my order is at least a little below the midpoint...
SPX trades are executed by people in the pit and not electronically. I spoke with one of the ToS trading desk guys and he told me that what...
I tell you, the difference between OX and ToS with regards to getting these fills is night and day. Because ToS gave me the same commission rate...
Coach: Refresh my memory. The XSP is the CBOE's version of the SPY. If so, why do you prefer a proprietary product (XSP) to a more...
Coach: What about initiating the spread positions a little differently. Place the long position first, wait to see how the market moves and...
I posted earlier that I got out on Monday of this week. I too have been looking to try to get some more premium, but nothing meets my criteria....
The reason I thought that this could potentially happen is something that happened to me when I first started trading ICs. I had placed a trade...
Phil: As a followup: I always place limit orders, but if one were to place a market order on the trade in question, it would be possible...
Got the following trade filled today: DEC SPX 1120/1135 bull put spread at $0.70 Got ToS to 'goose' the trade. I was right up against the...
Agree with Ryan. Nice trade on just buying the call. Good strategy in a market moving up. You can make money on just the long call or adjust...
I placed an order today as follows: 1285/1300 DEC SPX bear call at $0.70 but it wasn't filled. I wasn't able to call ToS to 'prime the...
I haven't been able to follow the market the last two days. But I was looking at some December call spreads: 1275/1285 Nov bear call at maybe...
Andy: The same thoughts have crossed my mind. I would like to pose two counter points: 1) The less obnoxious professional traders that have...
Ryan: I got out on Monday, as I started to get nervous that we were gonna head up. I only got out and did not actually roll the spread. I'll...
Coach: I'm considering the following strategy for December: 1) I currently have only bull put spreads for November (unloaded my only bear...
Why don't the brokers allow different expiration periods for vertical spreads that comprise an iron condor (I'm referring to margin requirements)?...
In anticipation of December action (45 days to expiration), I called today to get the following strikes added 1285 1290 1295 Should be...
Yes, this is what I'm referring to. A while back, we started a discussion on using butterflies to place the adjustment trade for a credit spread...
Coach: I was just reading through some of the ToS chat sessions (July 20, 2005) and in one of them Tom Preston gives an example of adjusting...
Here's a mistake that I'm sad to say I've made more than once. Yesterday, I placed the following: 10 SPX Nov 1085/1100 at $0.60 10 SPX...
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