I'm getting conflicting info on this -- IB told me this is prohibited by the CFTC, but I couldn't find any reference to that on their website....
You don't understand how IB's historical lookup works, but that's fine. I don't need OPRA codes, I just need the strike prices.
Yup, that's my fallback plan. But if such a list existed, it would save me a half day of work or so given how many I want to look up. Hence my...
I want to run a bunch of backtesting stuff (prob using IB's historical data lookup) for a bunch of different underlyings, but I need to know what...
Thanks for the replies. Is there a specific formula associated with this notion? I'd been thinking that the relevant Q (assuming you did not...
I've typically only traded options on non-div underlyings, and I think I made a modest mistake so just trying to understand it in order to avoid...
Thanks, all for the replies -- I should admit, though, that I'm pretty lost as to just what you mean in places (I'm a relative noob with...
Hope my Q is not too elementary for this forum: I'd like to know how to convert the USD:CAD currency rate/volatility to a frequency-distribution...
I trade options at IB, but one data point that none of their transaction / activity reports lets me easily view is what the UNDERLYING was trading...
Yes, that's exactly why I started this thread -- I'm looking for recommendations of brokers who offer cross-margining. Barring that, I'd even take...
My portfolio consists of equities and equity-options denominated in both US and Canadian dollars. As it's gotten larger and more diversified, I've...
Anyone else weigh in on this? IB told me that they don't offer cross-margining, although (a) they tell me many clients have asked about it, and...
We're talking about real-time / streaming / tick-by-tick data. Any broker you have an acct with will provide free stock (or option) quote lookups,...
IB limits you to 100 simultaneous real-time quotes (via their TWS software, or Excel DDE API). They offer 'booster' packs for $30 / 100 additional...
I ran into a Margin issue relating to a situation where I held positions on an interlisted stock (Bank of Montreal) in BOTH markets; BMO trades --...
My understanding is that BS is a better option for European style options (rather than American, which is what I'm dealing with)...but would each...
Yes, I wrote to them yesterday asking the exact same thing. The only info I have to this point is what they'd written to me a few months ago about...
I'm not quite sure which part of my question is causing the confusion, so I'll just re-state it as simply as possible. Here's the data that my IB...
Thanks - yes, I had actually seen that page (did a fair bit of googling before posting here), though didn't find much actionable info. Mostly just...
OK thanks. And...not that I'm not appreciative of your replies to this thread, but feels like I'm in exactly the same boat as I was at the outset:...
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