I don't belive that arrangement with TOS is not being honored, now that they have been acquired by TDA. Christopher Smith TheOptionClub.com ... 0.75/contract. ...
The short call option of the original October Iron Condor (600/630/870/900)has hit a delta of 16, so it's time to adjust. I'm using the mid prices for the...
Hi,M - 4 legs x $1.00 getting in - hopefully $0.00 getting out. This is a high probability trade - most expire worthless. I do not take implied volatility (the...
I am not sure about any arrangements of TDA with Options Club. But TDA's pricing is negotiable, once you prove you have trading volume. I am getting a...
Hi folks, I came across the following comment about Interactive Brokers in an online blog. Is this possible ? I always thought credit spreads and iron condors...
Mike: IB has a paper trading account capability. Just log into your account management and you can set up a paper trading login from there. Ken From:...
Tyler: There are several ways to do what I believe you are describing. You can do it for each order you submit by opening up an “Order” panel, and setting...
RFH, I’m in at 650/680|870/900 at $4.00 and can’t bring myself to take such a loss on the first adjustment when I could still make a slight adjustment for...
".....somehow the loss on a credit spread could be greater than the distance between strikes." It CAN be. If you have a -590/+580 spread and on expiry Friday...
Vegantom: Without more specifics it is impossible to know what happened here. The poster may have had other types of positions on that caused IB to close out ...
Hi, I'll try this again - the other attempt did not do well... Here is how you adjust an endangered Call Spread, assuming 5 contracts per spread: Original...
Monthly SPX have a Thursday expiration but weekly's expire on Friday? I did not know that. L Was it a Thursday expiration [like the monthly SPX or RUT...
Hi Stan, I was looking at the volatility not for its effect on the bid/ask but for the vega exposure your IC has. When I put your position into TOS' analyzer...
If the underlying is at 595 and the short 590 option is ITM then this must be a call debit spread, not a put credit spread [a short 590 put would not be ITM...
and neither did this one. Play it again Stan. ... From: "StanG" <asahi3@...> To: OptionClub@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 11:58:18 AM ...
Hi, I have a problem tranfering a copy from Excel to IE, it appears. So I'll try in English. The endangered vertical spread is 5 short Calls OTM and 5 long...
Donuts are only $6 a dozen on Wednesdays at Dunkin Donuts. Buy donuts instead of stock and then you can annoy the people in the Munchkin Yahoo group with your...
Hi, The below description is also my approach: An option has intrinsic value + time value. All my trades are farout of the money options so there is no...
1) Switch brokers. Of course, you have had accounts at trade station, etrade (million dollar margin calls), thinkorswim (banned you from trading options). 2)...
You are right Ken, instead of 595 it should have read 585. It was a put spread in the example and yes, you would close out the short put, but I was just giving...
