Recent content by sondermark

Sure, bid=0.65 ask=0.75

If I was in your shoes I would close the entire position, as I think we might get a fast snap-back in the SP. Take your profit and be happy.

Have you considered buying index futures (putting aside 100% margin) and just rolling them. It will create a tax event yearly but in an increasing market you will have cash transferred to you to pay the tax, in a falling market the tax event might even be "positive". In the futures contract...

Not sure I understand what you mean exactly. I know that the market is probably not open now but earlier today (I am in Europe) I was also unable to access the (UK) options market.

Hi, I need to sell some options on UK stocks. Unfortunately I seem to be unable to do so on my IB account even though permissions are "activated". Have any of you traded UK stock options? Kind regards, Steffan

It would be preferable just to have one swap. However as long as I can estimate the total costs over 10 years it is not a deal-breaker if a number of transactions are required over the years.

Hello, I need to find a good way to swap a margin loan with floating interest rate into a fixed rate loan – if possible 10 years fixed. I have been looking into doing this with futures but do not have much experience with possible pitfalls. Do anyone have experiences/ideas that they are...

Interesting. Do you happen to know where I can find information about priority on the CBOE website? It seems to be different from product to product, but I cannot find the information.

Sure, anytime!

I do that all the time and can confirm that odd lots will be filled at the official MOC or MOO price.

The newest version of the IB Gateway for UNIX is currently 939.4b, so we have been asked to upgrade to a version that is not yet ready for download..? Link: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/?f=%2Fen%2Fcontrol%2Fsystemstandalone-ibGateway.php%3Fos%3Dunix%26amp%3Bib_entity%3D

Hmm, ok that might explain it. What strikes me is that the order was accepted, so I assumed that it would meet the standards for participation. Thank you for helping out!

It would be really great to have en exception for OPG orders as well. I quite often find it useful to direct an opening order to a specific exchange for auction. However in many cases the huge API direction fee makes the trades unprofitable, hence my system does not take them.