Recent content by FarmerTed

Has anybody out there heard that the penny piolet program will soon been expanded to include an additional 75 underlying stocks/etf's?

change be back to full ticks, or down to 1/4 ticks?

I am looking for a firm that I can trade equity options through remotely that meet the following criteria: - uses Sterling Pro as their platform. - orders entered as a customer NOT firm/broker dealer - very competitive rates Not sure if I am looking for a needle in a...

I was actually wondering the same thing as the original post. As a former futures trader in Chicago, there seems to be several clearing firms here that clear futures and actually have an office that you can go there and trade. Does this not exist for stock options in Chicago? The only...

Wondering if there is a tool out there that list the most actively traded options. I know interactive brokers has a tool that is okay, it just seems like it can be so much better. For example, say if a strike with lower volume all of a sudden starts trading back and forth for like 15 minutes and...

If by fishing you mean trying to find out a more popular software to trade options from people who have used it, then yeah I guess I am fishing. Just trying to avoid all the bs that goes along with narrowing down a software to use. TOS and OptionsHouse - Thanks for the feedback

Dan, I am curious as to what are some of the more popular software to use for professional options traders. I am sure there are many options, just curious about the more popular ones, regardless of price. Thanks

It is not that the 30 year use to be an easier trade, it was just different. The swings were not as drastic, it was a more controlled trade. Although I guess that statement could be applied to any market these days. Some traders I know like the 30 year trade now. It sometimes plays...

Just curious how many bond traders out there have pretty much given up trading the after the move to 1/2 tics. Are you still successfully scalping them? As for me, since the move to 1/2 tics, I have tried trading the S&P (for about 2 months) and also the Bund (for 1 month). I was not...

The volume seems to have picked back up in the us treasuries. Does anyone still think there is a chance the cme takes the bonds back to full ticks and the 5 year back to half ticks? These reduced ticks are no fun, I don't know how much longer I can handle these swings.

Has anyone noticed a decrease in volume across all US Treasury Futures since the bonds went 1/2 ticks? I understand that the CME switched to 1/2 tics to increase volume, but that's not what is happening. From what I have seen as a result of the switch to 1/2 tics (other than a decrease in...