Recent content by Whistlingleaf

Just fyi - the money goes to IB. So I don't think you have to worry about LiveVol closing shop as you technically have an IB account. (One can login on TWS and IB's Webtrader although you can't make trades on them with just a LiveVol account.) LVX (trading platform) has some oddities I really...

You might look at chains farther out ... short term expiry months you need to take smaller gains when you get them. Theta and volatility are killing you.

In the email they sent a link: https://www.optionshouse.com/company_info/questions/ Allegedly OH isn't going to change commissions... and "as long as you have a funded account as of Tuesday, May 27, 2014, any subsequent accounts you open would also leverage your existing OptionsHouse rates...

On previous page I posted screenshot of commissions http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showpost.php?p=3978207&postcount=56 Well I'm happy to report that the one change fee I got dinged with for 3$ was refunded to me at the end of the month. There is some kind of execution credit which builds...

Just a tidbit for your TOS account. On the website you can look at "Maintenance Requirement" for short puts. You have to customize the columns and add it. Voila! (If you pay attention you'll see the number change.) I'd be cautious though as any kind of blow up can put you in a bind if...

If any of you are in San Fran... there has been running a weekly MeetUp meeting about options trading on Tuesday nights. (This was new to me, so I'm sharing.) http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Options-Traders/ They're also pretty happy to give people a demo of LiveVol - just make an...

My take on LVX: If you're already an IB user you're probably better staying where you are for a broker ... if you're using anything more than simple US stocks/options. And as 1245 said you can pay for LVPro ... but I wasn't an IB user previously, so getting the cheaper commissions are very...

Hey peeps I've been using LVX for about 2 weeks now, and want to shed some light on the commission. The rebates and commissions are set up similar to IB. I've done 19 trades so far. 18 were sell to open (naked) puts - almost all were splitting the middle on the bid/ask, so I was adding...

I have called TOS a bunch of times and every time they say they have plans to fix it ... so I'm not holding my breath.

Earnings Wed 19th post market... Personally I like the March 160 Put for 4.25 - give you some time to let stock fall after the run into earnings. With the weekly ending so soon (14th) you're hoping for a huge downgrade, or another car fire.... not a bet I'd take. Plus you're OTM, so if...

I read this thread last week when I was researching LiveVol X for a broker, and read this post Yesterday I went to LiveVol yesterday for a demo, and they told me the quote above is just legalese, and they do pass along rebates just as IB does. IB does have the same legalese, but it's in the...

Saw thread while searching for something else, and figured I'd update what I wrote earlier: TOS/AMTD now has full earnings dates listed (it was only 10 days ahead previously). As you can see in my pic - I use my own created group of stocks which I keep in the "Quotes" Tab just to the left...

FYI - I just got off phone w TOS, and Open Office might work ... and they're trying to get a new feed system in approx Feb 15. (I think he said RTQ? can't recall)

AMTD/TOS exporting to Excel has been broke since their update 10 days ago..... if I knew a reliable way to import stock quotes into Excel I'd do it. I wish I could get the old version back ... oh and answer to your post is that upgrades don't get tested before the get put out. I won't use...

FYI - Fidelity.com and the trading platform are both down for AT&T users. You can try the mobile system fidelity.mobi .... but it's very limited. Fidelity isn't sure if something is broke on their end or AT&T's end. They picked a helluva day to do this....