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you can also do this with straight stock options, not just indexes. GOOG and others can provide double digit returns intraday. the loss can also be that much though. NOV 400 calls low of 2.65 and high of 5.30.

definitely not everyone. some make you agree to send funds within three days when you click the buy button if you don't have funds in the account. others don't even do that.

these are the questions you have??

i think you've been missing a lot if you just noticed this monday. they're not only quoting them, they're trading them too. have been for quite a while. here's a starting point for your request of the ruling on this. it's the nasd's rules...

as my name implies, i place spread orders for customer accounts. i want to trade them myself and sell them just out of the money on the assumption the stock will at least stay flat or move up a small amount. i can make a pretty good % on the amount of capital required for margin and be making...

thanks for that link as well. i'd like to think my questions are little more advanced than a newbie's. maybe this is a more relevant link to the question. http://www.888options.com/advanced/volatility_greeks.jsp i mean, the basics say that an option has only time value and intrinsic...

def, i think he's asking 2 different questions. one about covered and one about uncovered puts. uncovered puts are not allowed in a cash account (at least hopefully you guys aren't allowing it)which is why bundle thought he was asking about a cash account.

ok. i think i got it. when i was looking to sell the puts i was thinking the stock would not be below 40.00 and was trying to figure out where i would get the most money for that probability. the 39s were virtually worthless to sell. i was looking for something that gave enough money but that...

thanks for the link. i'd like to try and apply common sense to the mathematics. i was just making an observation that all things being the same if a person feels that the stock is going below the current price (40 in this case), why would a person pay .35 for one strike and only .15 (above the...

I was wondering if someone could shed some light on the greeks for me. I understand there's formulas to use to calculate the theoretical price of options like the Black/Scholes formula and there's such thing as selling delta, etc. Why does a stock priced at 40 (QQQQ) have an offer of $0.45...

LOL!! was something missing from the original question or was that a test?

But the stock usually doesn't fall by the dividend amount on the open market. that's all just theoretical pricing. either way, it's better to ask a question you feel is stupid rather than trading on an assumption that turns out to be wrong.

What I'm confused about is what you all are referring to as % away from the market. The NBBO is the only thing we should be concerned with and if a trade occurs away from this quote (market) even a penny, the trade should be busted (taking into account the allowances for trade-throughs such as...

that's a good point

that's true. xerox also. but comparing the different search engine's they're definitely in more everyday conversations. i even hear it on t.v. shows now. and yahoo had to advertise to coin the phrase do you yahoo? i've never seen an ad for google. has anyone here seen one?

that, my friend, is trading. the bid/ask is one thing, but trading the house/stock to make money is entirely different. like winter said, you're not gonna learn that from a forum. again, i would not rec a direct access broker for you only because you need to have a little help with you in...

you know..i never thought of it coming across like that before but from looking at your fish i understand how you would guess that. i don't see a problem with your reading of it. i run a trade desk at my firm and they call me the spread god so i thought i'd use it as my username here. i...

but no one ever said alta vista your name...or lycos your name.....google is now a verb in people's vocabulary. that's always a good sign

a retail firm (maybe not e-trade) is a better place to start if you don't know what you're doing compared to a direct access broker. you'll have more of an ability to have them help you there than say ib imo.

Not trying to make it more confusing for you, but this firm has the settlement rules wrong here. from the link "Cash accounts that demonstrate a pattern of using unsettled sale proceeds towards new purchases and then selling the newly purchased shares before the sale proceeds have settled...