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ok so i figured this out.. plz delete

Thanks Scriabin... i covered like you suggested... will look to short some strangles and buy some calendar spreads as u suggested.. BTW... your nick is after the composer scriabin right? I like him too:)

he did say goog:)

I'm kind of a newbie to options, and with Bidu's ER 2 days before option expiration, I think there might be some good profit to be had with playing options. As I see that Bidu has a high premium on options due to high IV, I shorted 1 contract of both a call and a put option at the $240 strike...

The portfolio page shows the cost as the average price, taking in to consideration comissions I believe.

Umm, the problem is, if I look at the Accounts page, and I add up all the P&L of all my positions, I get the total on the "Total row" on my portfolio page. But the Trader's dashboard is off by $1000. Also, whenever I cover a position, the dashboard displays my Realized P&L as the same...

Hi gurus, I've been using IB for awhile, and I have a portfolio page that lists all my stocks. And on the portfolio page there's a Total row, which sums up the unrealized P&L of each of my position. But this total is NEVER the samd as the unrealized P&L on the trader's dashboard. Which...