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Re ES, maybe, but not necessarily at least for the reason you gave, I think. If we assume that that the HFT's are moving their limit prices up and down faster than you, which is likely, then your limit order will quickly become the head of the queue at the price it is at. They will not care...

InteractiveBrokers does that. They fill CFD orders directly in the underlying shares. Of course, this is not offered to U.S. IB customers, since CFD's cannot be offered in the U.S., just to foreign customers.

There is nothing. TOS cannot do it. OptionVue cannot do it. TradeStation cannot do it. You have to write your own from scratch! And it is not easy as large amounts of data handling are involved. But the upside is, if you do program it yourself from scratch, you will have access...

He said forex. To me, "forex" means OTC forex, as opposed to exchange-traded currency futures and options on them. I do see that the exchanges are starting to use the term "forex" in marketing their currency futures and options as well. I think they are just trying to take business from the...

I have gotten that every year from them for years. You just fill it in and submit it....

No because IB has to take risk in filling such spreads and no third-party front-end can force IB to take still more risk.

I always called the HK office outside U.S. hours (as is noted on the IB web site) and found them very helpful. They can deal with U.S. customer account issues too just fine.

Exactly right. At most, hedge *part* (say half) of the amount by selling Canadian dollars forward. The bank that is involved in your investment can do this for you (at a hefty commission unless you shop around) but using a forward contract may still may be better than taking a spot forex...

Calendars and butterflies both provide means to target a price range. I believe that calendars are long vega and butterflies are typically short vega or low vega. So if volatility is already peaking, a butterfly may be better. If volatility is still low and expected to rise (usually by a...

You will have to hedge your 401(k) investment outside the plan in a personal account somewhere else. This is not easy but can be done with options.

What the original poster means is the funds listed are the only choices offered in his employer-sponsored 401(k). You are stuck with whatever choices your employer offers. You cannot roll out to a self-directed plan until you leave the company.

You are just not going to have U.S. SIPC coverage for non-U.S. products traded outside the U.S. by non-USA residents holding accounts domiciled outside the U.S. and not available in the U.S. It was only a fluke that you appeared to have it and you will not have it any longer at IB or any...

TOS no longer exists as a company. It is now just a brand of TD Ameritrade, which is owned 39% by Toronto Dominion Bank. http://www.amtd.com/annual_reports/ar2012/site/DOC/AMTD_2012AR.PDF shows that auditor is Ernst and Young. I think TDA/TOS is very safe, far safer than others, in...

It only applies to IB UK (United Kingdom) customers. It does not apply to U.S. customers. It is just about non-U.S. products traded through the U.K. and making clear that U.S. SIPC does not cover them.

Stock options are subject to the pattern day trader rule (only a few trades per week in accounts under $25,000) just like stocks. Also, to trade them successfully in many market conditions, you normally have to use multi-leg spread positions. Why not look at day-trading forex instead as...

Trading of OTC forex options is not permitted to retail customers in the US under CFTC regulations.

Just be aware that options are much harder to trade than stocks and are full of pitfalls such as time decay. In general, they are not a good vehicle for day-trading unless you are using some very fancy techniques based on the Greeks.

Exactly right. IB believes they can control risk so firmly in real-time that they freely accept company trading accounts without personal guarantees on the belief that they are never going to allow debit balances to occur in the first place. You can bet this means that they have many many...

True although many/most brokers ask for a personal guarantee in the case of a company. I have found that some do not though.

Just curious if naked option sellers realize that they are liable for the deficit if losses exceed account balance. In other words, you could lose $100,000 or more on a $10,000 account. Brokers will and do sue and force bankruptcy for unpaid debit balances. In the case of a sudden...