Recent content by rasesh

IB customer service wait times have improved surprisingly lower - at least when I had to reach out to them in past couple of days, the rep. joined the online chat within just few seconds. I still want to complain about their high commissions, not adding cash to my account just to surprise...

You are paying over only by $99.99 then.

asiaprop, Following one's own trading plan for stocks based on technicals for stock as you mention is sure very much helpful, but same analysis for that stock can be applied to help open/close option positions for those stocks as underlying. The key point is how you enforce discipline - if I...

Agreed with comments on vol determining the option price primarily. As for question from OP, what I would say is that understand well about option pricing, but then use trading it to your advantage - one way I do it more succesfully for options than for stocks, is that it forces me to execute my...

I set TWS settings to use "Highest Rebate" for SMART routing. Majority of the times it routes to ISE, however I trade highly liquid products. Many times I have found it is better to route directly to ISE if you are adding liquidity with limit orders, and not bother with SMART routing. If you...

No concerns with them. Been with them for more than 2 years. The interface is simple for trading, but mostly useful for position trading only, not day trading in fast marktes. The customer service is good as well.

Daniel, Yes, that step by step guide on your web site would help. I am looking for strategy to plug in pivots for entry (based on R1,S1, R2, S2....etc.). thank you.

TradeProject looks interesting. Are there more sample trading strategies?

Signed up for gainskeeper. It treaded expired options, assigned options (call or put) as it should after following steps required to clean up extra trades from my broker. Also took care of one corporate action (NCC becomng PNC). It woked fine for a broker with Penson as clearing firm...