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Thanks for the answer, from what I understand of margin on equities this is not the case so I wasn't sure.

That wasn't my question. Let's say you have 5k cash and your broker's margin rate for YM is 1k for a day trade. You open and close 5 contracts in one day and let's assume you didn't make a profit/loss and still have 5k. My question is can you open another position during that same trading...

If you use up your margin to open a position and then close it out in the same day can you open another position again that same day or do you have to wait for the next trading day? As I understand it with equities you have to wait until the next day when you use up your buying power, but I...

Thanks for your answers, now it's clear.

Hey guys, I just have a quick question. I was checking out tradestation and ran across a screenshot that showed the volume of bids/asks at different strike prices. It looks similar to Level II quotes and was wondering if there are any services that provide this? I've searched both the forums...

You may also want to play with spreads if you're doing earnings plays. Since you're selling a contract it helps reduce the impact of the post earnings IV crash.