I've done a decent amount of research about the mechanics of short selling but I still have a few unanswered questions. In an account with 30%...
TD rep told me there is no stock loan fee on short stock. Is this true? If I short sell 100k of stock XYZ and post the required margin, my daily...
With futures you get span by default. It's in equities where you have to post 100K+ to get portfolio margin.
Is there any way to view the exchange guaranteed butterfly ticket at IB? For an example, on IB if I send an order to buy CLZ0/CLF1/CLG1 butterfly...
How about in this scenario: Index has a 20% circuit breaker Index is made up of sum of constituents A and B At time T-0 A = 100, B = 200, Index...
I would stay away from market orders when trading options. If you can't get filled at mid try to work the order somewhere between mid and the far...
Yes that is correct, for an energy product like CL there is more volatility near the front.
Depends on your intent.... In either case futures trading revenue will be marked to market at the end of the year. If you are asking from a...
Think about the curve like a diving board. The front of the curve (Where the diver jumps off) moves much more than the back of the diving board....
Couple cases I can think of where it goes wrong 1. Before expiration, you get exercised on the short strike and the broker liquidates the stock...
Can you give us some more details on the exact series of events. Did you hold the position to expiration? What broker do you use? After being...
The flash crash was before my time but I've heard some more experienced traders talk about how order books completely vanish in even the most...
Is this concept true for skew as well? If you put on a 1x1 25D/15D vertical spread are you closer to weighted skew neutral despite the notional...
You will likely run into issues trying to get filled on the stop order. When the market really goes bad liquidity dries up and the bid/ask spread...
I have seen many traders use the spread between historical and implied volatility as a factor when entering a trade. Does this spread actually...
It's possible to get filled at any price between the bid and ask. It just depends on how desperate the market maker is to transact with your...
Sweep: Imagine you are running an online business selling shoes. If you have 1000 pairs available and you list them all for sale any buyer can...
What I'm gathering so far is: 1. Option with 0 extrinsic will have no optionality, so gamma will also be 0. 2. If vol increases and the option...
I guess this means TOS is wrong as well? Platform shows: Gamma decreases when Vol increases. AND Gamma deceases when Vol decreases.
It's from the OIC website. If you follow the link below and scroll to the bottom of the page, its the last paragraph....
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