Recent content by mgzheng

Why not message IB to find out? I did when I was still a customer 2 months ago and they repied that they don't offer nymex futures options (they offer cme/cbot futures options only http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/products.php?pdt=FOP&ib_entity=llc). Optionsxpress.com offers...

Each time you roll down there *will* be a lost, so as it keeps going down, you will just keep losing. Better cut loss now and move on to options on more stable assets, probabily just commodities now.

Another profitable month like usual when I don't bet on price direction.

Hi Halal Burger, Thanks for the insight. But if the strategies involve mainly statistical arbitrage and options writing on equity, and if I intend to use the same strategies professionally, then how would I use a CTA license? I can't right? =======================================...

What would you do with a short Jul07 BUD 50PUT? BUD is trading pennies above $50 and there are three more trading days to expiration.

Wouldn't a fund or an ibank be able to "lend" you a lot more than a prop firm?

Would a consistently profitable trading record at a prop firm, say places similar to Bright Trading, help me become a pro trader at IBanks and Hedge Funds? If yes, how long of a trading history and how big of a trading account and what type of annual return would they typically look for? Also...

which would you choose for equity options trading? option-station or IB? thanks for your opinion.

The price is $3,000, or $2,500 if you already have the margin calculator. Does anyone has a copy. We can work out a deal.

For those who sell puts on the s&p (naked or using vertical put spreads), have you looked at using credit put ratio spreads (short otm puts and long a larger amount of further otm puts)? Credit put ratio spreads allow you to benefit from the occasional market crashes (fat tails) as opposed to...