Recent content by Jospe

Nope unfortunately. I've been coping with it by just switching over to the Classic UI to create or change order types, then switching back to Mosaic for everything else.

Hi all, I've been using the new "Mosaic" interface for TWS since I've had an account at IB, and I've generally been pretty happy with it. But I now realize that it's actually lacking a few features that exists in the "Classic" interface. Is this a known issue or am I just looking in the wrong...

Looks like my TWS is using about 375 MB, so in line with you guys. However, can somebody tell me if there is any difference at all between using the downloaded, standalone version of TWS compared to the .jnlp launched version off the website? Assuming the TWS version is identical, are...

Thanks that makes it clear. I guess my previous brokerages were just pocketing the rebates for themselves and charging me the regular commissions.

Yeah that must be it. I've traded tons on a few other brokerages before (on the same tickers) and have never gotten a negative commission before, that's why I was surprised about this. The tickers I got charged negative commission for were: QCOR, VIPS, MPEL. Looks like BATS is the exchange...

Thanks for the answer. But by OP you mean I was the asshole? :confused:

LOL you guys don't understand my question? I'm talking about the commission I was charged -- not the premium I get for selling puts haha. Wow I'm honestly stunned you completely missed my question. Are you guys trolling? When you trade options you always get charged commission whether it's...

Hey guys, not sure if this was the place to post this but I'm using TWS on Interactive Brokers so I figured it's related! So i sold a few naked puts the last month, and when I checked the commission I got charged, they were negative?! Commission fees listed were -$0.55, -$0.75, etc. for naked...

Thanks, but my problem wasn't finding out what the margin requirements are. I wanted to know why certain stocks (of similar strike & underlying price) had vastly different margin requirements sometimes. I wanted to understand what factors were used to make that calculation, and it makes it...

I *think* I know what's going on. For the stocks I mentioned (and others similarly), I was selling puts that were far OTM - mainly because premiums were still high for far-OTM strikes. And premiums were still high because these are typically much more volatile, "risky" stocks. I think the...

I'm in Canada, so this is a Reg-T account (we're not allowed to have PM accounts). But yes that makes sense. So it is related to IV then.... thanks!

Hi everybody, I've got a question about margin maintenance as related to options. So I've been trading options for a few years now and I love it. But over all that time, there's just one thing I still don't understand! I mostly sell puts, and everytime I make a trade, it uses up some margin...