IB's help page for futures options margin says to use the "Check Margin" operation in TWS to see what the margin impact will be. I'm consistently...
I rolled over my ESU4 futures to ESZ4 today, and I noticed that the spread has been getting wider (although still less than 1 tick) as the day...
It is showing bid/ask/last for US equity options. I haven't changed my configuration for a couple months. Everything is fine (I see...
I trade with IB. I use iTWS on an iPhone when I'm on-the-go, but would like to be able to see multiple quotes at once while I'm making a trade, as...
I've had a good couple of months money-making-wise, but I've made it by trading stocks of crappy companies. My method is a common one: find a...
I accidentally sold (instead of bought) NFLX puts. I promptly bought them back, but I was surprised I was even allowed to write them at all. I had...
DELL's buyout was approved. It has spent the last few days trading millions of shares with a daily trading range of just one cent - $13.83 to...
Ameritrade is turning off Streamer/Command Center later this week. I'm looking for some charting package that can show real-time bid/ask/trade...
I know that open option positions are carried over when a stock gets delisted and moves to the OTCBB, and that they can still be closed. But can...
I used to understand the option exercise panel in TWS.. I'd select "lapse (do not exercise)", and something would be set indicating that the...
I rolled over ESU1 to ESZ1 this morning at 09:46 by buying a calendar spread, but the execution prices in my trade log aren't anywhere near where...
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/pandora-prices-its-i-p-o-at-16/?hp IPO prices at $16, valuing the company at $2.6 billion. Revenue...
When GCZ9 plummeted by 6% in a matter of minutes early Friday morning, it might have been interesting to go long, but experience with regular...
December call IV's are in the 180's, put IV's are around 350.
My broker mistakenly sold $13K worth of stock today for an $800 margin call. I called them (about a minute after it happened) and they offered to...
MLNM got a buyout offer today, and although I'm not surprised that the trading volume today is huge, about 40x normal, I'm surprised the stock...
IMA is going to buy MATR, paying $6.50 in cash and $32.50 in convertible preferred stock (paying 3%, convertible at $69.32). The IMA common stock...
If I have 1 CL, marked "liquidate last", and 5 ES, not marked "liquidate last", is there a reason why IB would liquidate the CL and not touch the ES?
Sorry for the clumsy title. CECO is up 20% today; it's a bit above $35 now. The May 30 calls are up $4.25 to $5.30. What's surprising to...
Down 18% yesterday, up 9% today. Jackson Hewitt. They are a tax preparer. Yesterday, the DOJ and IRS accused a few of the franchisees (125...
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