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IB allows trading now.

Last price is updating as of 5PM ET ($-1.075 as of 5:03PM), but apparently IB is not allowing trading at this time.

SAC picture from today's WSJ Weekend Edition. I could not copy and paste it, so it is attached separately.

In the ibjts directory, there wil be a folder that starts with the letter "d". In that folder, you will find the settings.* file. Copy that file into the other computer, in the same folder starting with the leter "d".

Where did Aubrey get all that money?

Good advice, especially because there is less of a consensus than normal regarding what the Fed will do tomorrow.

Cash -- Thanks for the link. The introductory paragraph prior to the list of rules changes is hysterical! I guess we are all victims of Katrina. LOL http://www.sec.gov/news/digest/dig091505.txt "SEC NEWS DIGEST Issue 2005-178 September 15...

Thanks!

Eisinger is one of my favorite journalists. To each his own!

great article. thanks.

Sold on Thursday. First trade will be Friday morning.

Pathus, in the absense of having an options account, have you been following your mentor by trading in the underlying stocks and/or ETFs?

If you are being paid to manage someone else's money (ie the incentive fee), then I believe that you need to register with your state's regulators unless your state does not require it (eg FL) or you are excluded for some other reason (eg you fall under the definition of hedge fund or private...

Thanks for the stats.

To the options gurus, Later this summer, I want to buy puts to take advantage of a possible downturn this Fall. I would normally simply buy index puts. Rather than simply buying puts, is there a better way of playing a downturn (5-10% during Sept-Oct) that would give up some return and...

I am afraid you own it. If that happens again, as soon as you realize your mistake, call the broker and see if they can get the ecn to break the trade. Sometimes they will, depending on the specifics of the policy of the ecn. Since the ecns ususally have a short time limit (minutes, not...

liulala, what broker did you use? did you route it to the ecn or did they? which ecn? regular trading hours or not? etc? more info would allow optimal responses... i agree with steve.

I am not an option expert, but writing naked options when VIX is trading at lows not seen since 1994 seems like you would be getting little return for the risk you would assume.

I'd rather use a domestic broker that is regulated by the SEC and has SIPC protection, even though that means being subject to the PDT rule. http://www.alldaytraders.com/allcontact.html

Mine was yesterday.