If I write a bull put spread, ITM, four or five years out, on the SPX, and the spread is 100 points wide, or $10,000, is my margin requirement 15...
Ok. Will give this a go.
TWS manually would work
I think the reason I prefer the long put UVXY LEAPS and maybe also long SVXY is the defined loss on a spike without hedging. Totally get the...
Really, only 10 percent per two year trade! I must have been lucky with the trades that closed in January and are slated to end this coming...
Still digesting your thoughts, but I’m wondering first off if the long call hedge is the problem here, as I have made some good returns in the...
Just woke up on the west coast. Will ponder and reply later. Regardless, thanks for the input.
Here is the content I liked to explaining the trade: The strategy is to short UVXY by buying atm LEAPS puts on first day of issuance, hold until...
Ok, let’s try this. let me know If possible and or problems. https://www.reddit.com/r/options_backtesting/s/Rg4erL0UPV
UVXY LEAPS long with a hedge, as far back as you can go, 5 - 10 years.
Have a fairly simple strategy I would like to backtest. How can I find someone with a database and know how to do it for me? Fivrr?
Btw, do you guys do US options?
Oh that really makes sense, lol.
Also wondering why the bond world never fully decimalized.
Any logical reason my IB does this?
I thought the displays were in 64ths!
Figured out my mistake, I think. Thanks
I bought a future this morning at 114'265, according to IB’s trade history, (or 114 17/64 or 114.265 -- my math.) But in the TWS portfolio page...
Ah, interesting. Didn’t know this. Thanks much for your erudition, once again.
So, if you do nada, you are short shares — briefly, technically, suddenly, whatever — even if there are no shares available for shorting? How...
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