Recent content by Hilcrest_trader

Thanks for the input. I need to do some more analysis.

I've been trading options for >4 years - now mainly selling PUTs on XSP. I've started trying PUT Broken Wing Butterflys on SPX and I have a newbie question. I'm looking at the trade in two parts: (1) When I place the trade I receive a small credit; (2) If the price stays above the Short Put...

I have been trading Options on the IBKR platform for about 4 years now. I have "evolved" to trading mostly SPY and Short PUTs. I haven't used a Stop in the past - I haven't felt the need until now. The market is pretty volatile and subject to a sudden drop. I live in Australia and trade in the...

Makes sense. When it works it's pretty good - its a shame. I'm trying to rationalise some of my subscriptions. IB has most of what I need - just not good enough - like TradingView for charting.

Thanks Tony - The YouTube version is pretty good. I'll check it out when the market is open.

I've started to enjoy watching Bloomberg while trading downunder in Australia. However the service is inconsistent. Sometimes it doesn't start up at all. Not sure what its doing - I have plenty of capacity on my computer and use Starlink. Not sure why the service is intermittent. I've looked at...

Maybe a silly question - but what drives the S&P price? Is it the aggregate price of all the underlying stocks or is it trading in the ETF itself? Maybe is a combination of the two?

Tricks for beginners - I've been using TWS > 3years and still something to learn! :-)

Great thank you!!! Not sure what I did to set it to daily!

I have been using the beta version of TWS but today I deleted and downloaded the 'latest'. Didn't change the IV value.