Most importantly, what does all this have to do with Trading?
I upgraded just for "Save settings on server", and I ended up with the new account screen to my surprise. It takes some getting used to, I'll...
1) The original statistic of this thread was for the NATIONAL median, it wasn't for the median in Palo alto. You said the median and average are...
Are you talking about the data subscription? that is only for quote data, not for ability to trade. For instance, I didn't subscribe to CME...
For large population samples, median and average are virtually the same. The larger the sample, the more they converge. WRT to national...
If you've been trading options for 25 yrs I don't see how you would have any trouble with this test. I found it pretty easy and I haven't traded...
In this case you haven't been in the market long enough to say that 5-10% per month can be made safely and consistently. You probably would have...
how's your account faring today?
What you're saying doesn't add up. You say you were in the market during 9/11, and it didn't fizzle you. You say you have a $100k account and...
Or just use tracert, it comes with Windows. Run it in the command line.
Each day you lose 1/n of the time value, where n is the days remaining. Time value decreases the most, percentage wise, as you get closer to...
That sure makes it sound like $150M is the limit for all of IB. I guess they are expecting SIPC to cover the vast majority of their customers....
Are you sure that's what aggregate limit means? $150M is miniscule for IB, which has billions in customer equity. Even the policy at TOS has a...
I'm gonna go out on a limb here. SPX 1150 puts will expire worthless as will NDX 1350 puts Oh what the heck... while I'm at it, I will also...
A 0.25% spread is more than "nothing", it's the difference between a high-yield EFP and IB's MM rate on balances over 100k. Hopefully, you pick...
I'm curious how long you've been writing options. Were you in the market during this year's mini-correction in Feb? Sept 11?
Best way is to activate a papertrading account from IB or TOS, then enter the orders and you'll see the margin computed for you. Not all...
Did you compute the carry cost of this? I'll never buy anything with cash anymore
naked puts have the risk of a margin call happening at an unopportune time. you could get called and thus liquidate some positions at a loss...
Don't listen to the hotshots who tell you to live beyond your means, they're probably broke. It won't make you successful. I've met people who...
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