Recent content by steveal

Folks, Hope I don't offend anyone by mentioning this here, but there is a copy of 'Trading Spreads and Seasonals by Joe Ross' on Ebay (UK). http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160345713362 Steve

Thank you both for the clarification. Steve

option911 wrote: So if you are long 1 SPX call that ends up in the money, it would expire into the value of the SPX time 100. So if you were long 1 900 call in the spx that ended up in the money, you would end up paying the writer 900*100 or 90,000, in place of buying a specific security...

"I guess some people really start trading without really having a clue at all." Of course I have no clue. But, consider this. If offered (see second message in this thread) : "Select Futures Contracts To Rollover" And I select the contract and click "OK", is it so clueless to expect...

TWS offered to rollover my NQ futures on Friday (or was it Thursday?). In any case the DEC NQs were sold but no MAR NQs were bought. I've ended up with no future(s)! Did I misunderstand what was being offered, or did IB/TWS scew up? Thanks, Steve

zentrader, Thanks for the reply. Your answer covers the currency 'problem', but the lack of trading in Unleaded Gasoline means I need to go elsewhere for a more full coverage commodities broker. Any suggestions? Steve

I'm interested to start spread trading on commodities. As recommended here (by Goldtrader, amongst others) I've been looking at the Moore Research site. Some of their latest spread trades include Unleaded Gasoline/Crude Oil and Australian dollar/Swiss Francs. I was surprised to find that I...