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@DR7 .... The hedge department does use collars. Good call! My idea is probably DOA. My pitch to the boss was while the price bounced around let's grab some premium. He didn't love it. Even though they are bullish the business sense has them purchasing puts too. They need to put in a...

I think I would only need to unwind if the call was in the money.

Thanks for the quick reply. Do you agree that it is equivalent to buying a stock at 3.42 and selling a call at 4.00?

I work at a company that produces natural gas. I had a simple idea but it looks so good I must be missing something. (No free lunch) . I am comfortable with option contracts and FOP's. NG is currently trading at about $ 3.42. At this price, we can make a profit. If I sold a call with a...

Trader Bob buys a stock on Monday for 50 with a stop for 25 and it gets executed even though the stock never goes below 40. Then he does it again on Tuesday and his stock also gets picked off. How many times before a major class action? Even if I could see an order at 25 and I entered a buy...

It wasn't there before but now there is a 'crypto' box under futures in IB

One tool that I use every day with IB is their scale trader feature. Scale trader lets me add to a position and even take profits automatically. It will even reset itself after taking a profit. Are there other brokers that have a similar tool? Thanks in advance.

I use IB for trading treasury notes. TWS works very well. IB publishes a schedule of the margin based on credit quality for corporates and time to maturity with treasury products.

I just received the same notice that I can't add any volatility trades even though I meet the new margin requirements. It feels like IB has shut me out completely. If you want to short volatility where do you go from here?

When I read the notice from IB I thought the higher margins would go in effect on or after August 19th. That seemed like a reasonable period of time to close out some positions. However, when I logged in TWS today (Aug 6) I went from +$117,000 in available funds to -$349,065. There has been...

What is the difference between NLV and NAV? My statement seems to add the accrued interest into the NAV. Change in NAV Total Starting Value Mark-to-Market 1,021.78 Change in Interest Accruals 485.72 Commissions -297.56 Ending Value

This is perfect. Great find. This helped me sort this question out. Thanks for all the answers and ideas the others posted as well.

I apologize up front if this is not the appropriate forum to post this question. If I wanted to maintain a bond portfolio that had an approximate constant 5 year duration I assume that I could start an opening position by buying bonds with about 5 years left to maturity. When a new year rolls...