These days, why does Interactive Brokers have such an enormously hard time filling MARKET orders of VERY heavily traded options in US markets? Is IBKR going rapidly downhill?
New Zealand stock.
Price varied between $124 to $126 today.
This is a typical range. Tomorrow it might oscillate from $121 to $123.
Or it might start at $125 and slide down to $123 by the end of the day.
It could start at $125 and climb to $127 when markets close.
It might be sink to as low as...
I don't see any loss region - see the graph at http://optioncreator.com/stey1rs
Whether the underlying shoots up or slides down, I make a profit. At least as per Option Creator's graph.
No it isn't. When I posed this on Reddit, Wallstreetbets deleted it in an hour and /r/options shadowbanned this post for a long time until I pestered them over and over again. For some reason, this post is taboo among US audiences and it either gets deleted or people seem to deliberately go on...
Not certain about the path of this stock. It isn't a US stock and it's path over the next five days depends on how the local media reacts to the announcement the company makes and also on where the US markets are headed. My subjective probability is that it will soar (40% probability) after the...
Stock price $29.98
Sell Call strike 30 expiring one week
Sell Put strike 30 expiring one week
Buy 2 Calls strike 30 expiring three weeks
Buy 2 Puts strike 30 expiring three weeks
What do you think of this calendar spread? Any downsides? Advantages? Any thoughts or comments?