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can you please explain what you ment in your calculation Thanks

NinjaTrader does NOT handle options, as far as i know

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rmorse - options on equities and ETFs, and i'm from the middle east. marsman - i know programming, i did a lot of systems and indicators on MetaStock in my Forex days, and i am a DBA in my day job. my question is if i should write my program in plain C# (using IP API) or using another tool like...

Hi, i want to open an account with a broker that support the following things - 1. support automatic trading using API (or using language inside a tool) 2. trade options ! (ninja trader doesn't support it as far as i know) 3. low commisions (Interactive Brokers...) 4. support non-us resident...

currently i have EOD historical data, so i don't have 15 minutes to check backtests so i will do everything using 1 DTE without assignments although i could be assigned before the 1 DTE, but i am hedged (spread) so it will probably be ok, right ?) thanks.

i know there might be difference between the prices. i want to do backtests like i would do in real paper. so what do you think i should do - if i will close my orders 1 DTE, then i understand what to do : 120-70 ... like you wrote above. this is the easiest and simple math. but if i want to...

yes, i am looking for "worst case" (i prefer to be surprised for the good) your answer is correct for closing the order 1 DTE my second post was regarding the PnL of the expiration so like OptionGuru wrote, the 51 is OTM so it will be worthless my question now is how to calculate the PnL on the...

thanks for the answer ! so if i want to close the order before expiration (1 DTE) i need to pay 1.20 what about the calculation of my PnL if i will wait for the real expiration. let's say the stock is on 51.85 on expiration. the 51 put that i bought will be worthless what about the 52 put i...

Hi, basic question which confuse me - if i sell Iron Condor - Sell Put Strike 52, Bid = 0.40 Buy Put Strike 51, Ask = 0.20 Sell Call Strike 63, Bid = 0.40 Buy Call Strike 64, Ask = 0.30 (for understanding, let's assume i am not using mid price, i am using the Bid/Ask prices) so i am getting...

Tastytrade forums ?? link please

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summary ? (in non-legal language...)