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  1. Robert Morse

    short butterfly spread

    https://cmlviz.com/signup/options-success-www.php
  2. Robert Morse

    Code to calculate Margin using TIMS model?

    I'm not sure how option trading works in the UK, but here the broker is not the counterparty to your option trade and we do not provide depth and liquidity. We do not determine the option spreads. That is done by option market makers and public orders. If markets are too wide in the symbols you...
  3. Robert Morse

    short butterfly spread

    I say this is too random and I gave you a process to back test in another post with CML.
  4. Robert Morse

    When's the good time to buy Straddle?

    Not likely. You buy a straddle when you expect the stock will be more volatile than the current option prices imply. You sell it when you expect the prices are accurate or there no longer the expectation of excessive price movement. If you want to trade options around earnings, I suggest you...
  5. Robert Morse

    short butterfly spread

    Honestly, with respect, you're a little lazy. When you look at this graph, when does it tell you, you should sell this spread? Where do you make money, if the stock does what? Where do you lose? Under what expectations would you sell a butterfly vs buy? What strikes would you choose and why...
  6. Robert Morse

    short butterfly spread

    Or does it...........
  7. Robert Morse

    short butterfly spread

    Whisky in hand...all good.
  8. Robert Morse

    short butterfly spread

    Your question is very vague, so this is the best I can do. https://www.lightspeed.com/trading-education-center/short-call-butterfly/ Bob
  9. Robert Morse

    Options contracts exceed the account?

    No. Options are not marginable. A $50,000 account can't buy more than $50,000 in options. Does not matter what the broker is.
  10. Robert Morse

    thinkorswim TOS platform not available for EU citizens?

    Where do you want to trade? I would not say that TOS charts are the best part of their service? Very slow.
  11. Robert Morse

    Code to calculate Margin using TIMS model?

    Not as far as I know
  12. Robert Morse

    low latency quote vendor needed

    This is making the assumption that every broker receives raw date from the exchange, normalizes it and delivers this in the same process and with the same delay as the raw data is made available. There is no easy process to test the delay from raw to delivered at the quote server, but each...
  13. Robert Morse

    Code to calculate Margin using TIMS model?

    1st, IB does not always use those OCC shocks. 2nd, the OCC does not offer that formula to non-members. IB requirement will be higher if you have OTM options. In general, The OCC takes end of day bid/ask spreads and calculate the midpoint. Then they look for strikes that are further away but...
  14. Robert Morse

    Broker Recommendations and Suggestions

    I can only offer a mobile for Futures -CQG Desktop/Mobile- https://www.cqg.com/products/cqg-desktop
  15. Robert Morse

    1256 Loss carryback - NY state taxes

    I would talk to them. I always thought the state followed the IRS, but not my expertise. https://greentradertax.com/trader-tax-center/tax-treatment/section-1256-contracts/ Unlike securities, Section 1256 contracts have a nifty tax-loss carryback election. On Form 6781, select the “net section...
  16. Robert Morse

    long term call short term put

    Low and high are relative to actual. If the ATM VOl jumps from 15 to 25 but actual VOl is 30, the 25 is a buy. Then if the VOL drops from 25 back to 15 but the market has reduced stress and movement and now the actual VOL is 9, the 15 is a sale. Since at any point in time you do not know for...
  17. Robert Morse

    IB order processing/routing latency

    Why would that be? We have HF traders with PM. There is no time lag for a PM account over Reg-t.
  18. Robert Morse

    Options commission question....Tasty Works......

    The trade needs to be executed on a Listed option exchange but i’m not aware of any rule that says the order needs to rest on one. There are a few option dark pools.
  19. Robert Morse

    Options commission question....Tasty Works......

    Because they pay the most.
  20. Robert Morse

    VWAP on CQG

    I suggest you call CQG global support. They are available 24 hours a day and very helpful.
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