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the idea that you can imitate anyone elses strategy completely is false. i've learned alot on ET.. most of the insights i've gotton on ET were helpful.. usually its all my own undoing of it that causes me to lose money... if someone tells me five times not to try to nickel and dime at the mid...

umm the ability to preset butterfly/condor strike width would be a big help.. and the ability to widen or tighten them dynamically... you can move up/down strikes and expirations dynamically once you have loaded options chains in but not widen.. and i'd have to look into it.. by i remember...

http://institutions.interactivebrokers.com/php/apiguide/apiguide.htm

goog looks like it has support.. apple still looks like its got alot of shoulder to create left yet..

you can drop and drag from options trader to your main tws panel.. then you can right click and copy is available .. you might need to click the arrow on the drop down to see additional options to see cut/copy.. or in your trade log.. you can right click copy... thats what i do .. i don't know...

thats expensive for most people with books that are less then 20k

your lost talking about value like that.. value is relative.. cheap/expensive is all relative.. aapl's options are sometimes super cheap.. in fact its calls historically have been cheap.. at some reference point in history.... at other historical reference points puts have been cheap.. or you...

alot of things are good about it... what are you finding deficient with what you have access to?

knowing marketability helps! i don't keep track well.. i just know if i've made adjustments my commissions go up...

first start out defining liquidity.. that might be a bit of a trouble in itself..

"you say bouncing from trade to trade" i don't get what your trying to say??

I am doing a little better.. still sitting in the MA fly... dead flat practially.. at this point any rally in the spx is going to hurt that position.. it seems to move good up when the market goes up.. and sits flat when the market goes down.. i got out of a few positions... i am still...

is this all in relation to your changing deltas.. or do you have a directional view?

hoadley

you said you exit flys on a particular theta value.. was that when it was 50 percent of entry theta?

Your size is bigger then doobies though... don't think that matters? I've generally lost money trying to save a little near the mid.. I get filled only when the market moves hard against me..

Atticus will comment if you make outlandishly wrong assumptions or accuse him of fraud. ;) haha

where i'm at now.. i've decided to get away from the expiration trades.. because i was irresponsible and took a hit for it.. now i'm just trying to trade flys and futures.. i tried a fly on the MA a little to far dated to take advantage of the stillness .. if i was in dec i would have been out...

i believe that!

i missed the context some how..