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I am looking for a software that will make simple end of day charts (year to date for example) for a list of stocks. So, I would like to give the software a text file or something with a big list of stocks and I want it to make charts for all the stocks so I can just quickly look at each of...

I paid 0.51 for the 25 Put and sold the 30 Put for 3.97.

I sold a vertical Nov 06 25/30 Put spread on SY (my first vertical sale), and today I've been assigned the 30 put and had to buy 100 shares of SY at 30. I sold that put for 3.97 originally so I only lost like $20 or so (without comissions). My question is, what do I do now? Do I close the position?

So, uhm...supply and demand is how they're priced I guess?

Who comes up with the actual options' prices? Is it the exchange? Supply and demand? A model like Black Scholes?

Do they make an announcement if they will join an exchange or we can just wake up one morning and they'll be on the NASDAQ for example?

It's about to hit $8.00. Think it will have a nice run when it hits $8 like it did when it hit $7?

It's about to hit $8.00. Think it will have a nice run when it hits $8 like it did when it hit $7?

Oh wow, they're really good with emails. I just sent them another email and they said 20% is just a rule of thumb, but it's usually a bit less. Guess I can make the trade!

Ok I asked TOS and this is what I got: "Per your specific XOM question, the margin required to sell 1 Nov $62.50 Put for $.60 is approximately $900. The general rule of thumb is approximately 20% of the price of the underlying for naked options. As for the margin itself, you can use available...

I have $4015 in my Thinkorswim account with $265 of those in cash and the rest in a stock. Never traded options before, but I want to short a XOM put (naked). Is it possible for me to sell one Nov 06 $62.50 Put? Will Thinkorswim let me do it? Do I have the margin required? What about the same...