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What is this Israel anyway?

If I was still trading forex my choice would definitely be MB Trading. They have no dealing desk and they won't lose if you win. No conflict of interest! Plus, they are cheap. You do pay a commission because they are not a scam - they won't rip you off and take your money in other ways.

Joined prophet.net in stock site heaven.

about that fantastic risk profile, next time make sure "price" is not locked. I think you locked it and changed to another option. There shouldn't be a problem in TOS with this issue.

I searched youtube to see if there was something interesting and I came across a guy who lacks in charisma but demonstrates the greeks on a high risk IC.. the type you like. There are 5 parts, follow them if you don't get bored with the broadcaster. start here...

Now this looks risky for me. You are trading weeklys, right? you say you stay far out the money; that means that premium must be low (much less then 100$) and risk must be high (at least 200$ or 300$). am I right? Gamma would be high on this spread - that means when the underline moves against...

I think you'll have some sick image in your heads of an Iron Condor with a black Scholes that looks like a short strangle. It's not a no brainier trade. It's fine if you have the experience and manage it responsibly.

PLS, its only a small fraction of a trading plan.

Maybe you just don't know to trade them (it's OK, I don't know to trade Straddles, Strangles, Calendars and stocks - funny thing is I thought Calendars are better then Condors.. Yeah Right, not for me!! ) Maximum risk don't have to be 5 times greater then max reward. Mine are not more then 1.5...

From my experiance, the simple answer [without trying to guess your trading strategy and assuming you understand the impact of delta (yes, you need to get the direction right) gamma (and sometimes direction is not enough) and vega (volatility is your friend if you are a buyer) and Bid/Ask...

Let's say you want to use an income strategy on the market, why not try to get the best deal and choose a security with the ideal probility of expiring out of SPY or DIA or IWM for instance? The calculations I use help me do just that. I don't overlook technical and fundamental analysis when...

Thanks for all your replies. I'll explain what I'm trying to figure out: I was scanning for iron condors on the TOS desktop and was not sure if I should trust the percentage figures under "probability of expiring" (which can be a scan criteria as well) or perhaps I should use another formula...

I couldn't find any insight on this feature (Analyze>Risk Profile) Does anyone know if they use Beta? or only Implied Volatility? thank you :)

So far from what i checked Nasdaq.com is closest to reallity - 1.76 (but still far too modest number) I am not thinking of trading nutty stocks like NFLX but I need data I can trust (for a 2 month lookout)

Just when I thought I understood BETA, NFLX comes along with these numbers: Google Finance: Beta 0.48 Yahoo Finance: Beta 0.09 (!?) thinkorswim: Beta 0.47 Now, I guess they all make the measure according to different time periods but how can it be they are all so low? the same with...

The buy up of TOS by TD Ameritrade was not easy for clients and many, including me thought of moving but in the end of the day there is no alternative. These guys are the real deal.

I don't find it convenient to use my laptop since I got an iPad. Is there a good app to analyze spreads? I know it can't replace the TOS Desktop software but is there something out there that's worth buying? Thanks:)

Would appriciate some insight from traders of these spreads. Is there any reason to build a spread out of puts? They are relatively expensive OTM and ITM (the part you buy) so you should always prefer Calls, right? (maybe unless you are a bit bullish and feel it would be easier to adjust...

Yap. Would be a big mistake to leave, especially if I would move to MB Trading. MB is OK with their low commissions and all but can't compete with swim. I sent the form by FedEx, hope to resume trading soon. Thanks