Recent content by badIRAbad

Yes, I understand that and am prepared for the extras (I think!)

Vol trader ... neutral focus ... I'll take a look at the Leeson timeframe. Thanks.

Once isn't a problem; I will always set a tight stop to catch the first reverse. And after that I will reestablish the original buy/sell order and stop ...

Anybody see any risks I'm missing? Thanks much for any feedback. https://buildingamoneymachine.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-new-trade-dynamic-covered-strangle.html

Update! I got this to work with a bug-fixed version of the TWS API in now thread-safe C++: https://github.com/JanBoonen/TwsApiCpp Wahoo!

I've got a project to automate some trades that are all multi-leg options trades: short strangles, iron condors, double calendars, etc. I have both the Python and the C++ versions of the Interactive Brokers' TWS API running and working for sending single options orders. I first tried the...

Actually what I am looking for is /ES futures options that TDA doesn't allow.

I know that T.D. Ameritrade doesn't and I wonder if any do if it's mainly because the variable margining of futures options is inherently in conflict with IRA rules? Please let me know if you know of a counter-example ...