Recent content by miya888

without paying for "depth of book" for each individual options exchange I used to be able to see the "top of the book" NBBO for US equity options, now with the feb 1 release I only no longer see the level 2 NBBO, and I actually see new "deep book" buttons that lead to the "market data...

It happens randomy, sometimes when requesting a new ticker, sometimes when changind some simple configuration, etc, the only way to get around this is to REBOOT TWS completely, a major pain, anyone have similar problems? more importantly any solutions??? this has happened with the last 5 or...

the uptick rule was removed in 2007, there's ongoing debate to re-introduce it but i doubt it will be as statistics showed the rule was useless. some politicians still want to put their name on all kinds of regulations....

hey thanks for getting back, i do see volatility collapsed - which saved your day. just highlights how hard it is to make money on the long side in options, as you imply in your post as well.... glad the position is working out for you, still I would have been interested in knowing how you...

you mentioned your stop loss is usually double the premium, given that your option will likely open above $1 tomorrow (5x your premium), does that mean you will close the trade immediately and take the loss? please do not take this question the wrong way, i'm just trying to learn how to...

the answer is in the flaw of your question, those guys are NOT option market makers, they are newsletter writers.

people seem to worry about a .0050 price improvement which on 100 shares is $0.50 while ignoring the fact that IB charges $1 comm vs. 9.99 for TOS, clearly a case of penny wise pound fool. Also, I bet 99% of people on this board are not high frequency traders (meaning 10,000 trades per day or...

gki - thanks

In turbotax how do you account for the following: 1- Broker Interest Paid (FX carry, margin, short stock borrow fees, etc) 2- Cancel Fees (mostly option order cancellation fees, not included in cost basis) 3- Commissions on FX (not included in cost basis for forex trades) Any ideas are...

don't worry about commissions, if you are considering etrade, you are not active enough to have to worry about that, worry about this: $1 move in crude = $1000 per contract 10 point move in ES = $500 per contract a dollar more or less in commissions is the least of your problems at this...

yes the wash sale would be carried into 2012 as you already figured and yes the 8949's would not match so you have to do a manual entry for the wash sale that neither broker identified. Don't forget to adjust your cost basis for next years return. as long as you do your numbers correctly, i...

hopefully you know sched-d is out and 8949 is in. regardless, the essence of your question holds, the answer is the IRS wont care if the cross-broker washes net out at the end of the year, however if any such washes affect open positions at the end of the fiscal year, then that would be a...