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Is the .70 per contract listed on IB's website incorrect?

Commissions are cheaper than IB.

cd, you are right about livevol! let us know what you come up with after you speak with them! i just want to spread the word...i would love if others on the forum got into it...so we could teach each other new things!

here is the LVX tutorial: http://www.livevolpro.com/help/lvx/LVX_Help.html the complex order ticket is great. i know you can do at least 8 legs at once (that's as high as i've tested). is there anything specific you would like to know? execution is flawless. no more getting trade ideas...

Yes LVP is great. Sign up for the free trial through their blog...you'll be hooked!

IB is just the clearing broker, your agreement is with Livevol. LVP is pure analytics and they offer a free trial to anyone through their blog. LVX is their full-scale analytics and execution platform. I graduated to this after using LVP. It's amazing. I strongly suggest you look into it...

Livevol is the introducing broker and IB is the clearing broker. Basically you sign up with Livevol but you can view your portfolio in TWS if necessary.

Yes, former TOS user. I didn't trust the accuracy of their data. When I tried the free trial of Livevol Pro (available on their blog), the answer was clear. Their vol analysis is much more comprehensive than just the "pretty" skew charts. Watch the demo or sign up for a free trial for LVP. It...

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear. I use LVX. I will try to answer any questions to the best of my ability but please keep in mind I am not a market maker, just a retail trader. The technology is very Apple-like in it's simplicity, customization and power. I am running two 27 inch displays in...

I am here to spread the word and answer any questions. LVX is phenomenal.

i have a long term view. but i have also been following this equity a long time and it has been a little too stable as of late.

I use LVX and clear through IB. I did a risk reversal today and calculated my margin to be 14k. I just took the formula for short naked put and put it in excel to get the margin (https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=marginnew&p=opt). When I check my margin through IB, the RegT...

ok, take SIRI. underlying at 3.16. IV30 is 36.50 which is very low (17th percentile). let's zero in on feb 3 calls. last price is .20. IV is 33.22. say i believed vol in this 3 strike will jump to 50 this week. that changes the value of the call to .25. so a 52% jump in vol results in just a 25%...

Going delta neutral on stocks <10 bucks doesn't make alot of sense right? Seems like you'd be fighting to extract pennies instead of extracting dollars.

Which is more advantageous? SPX is a 1256 contract and SPY is capital gain correct? Is there any significant difference in skew between the two? Or do they both exhibit skew typical of an "index" option?

what exactly would u like to know?

So today was my first day up and running on Livevol X and I have to say it looks spectacular. Makes TOS look elementary. I am running LVX through Parallels on a Mac and it works flawlessly. I am just a retail options guy (although I wish I was a market maker), but if anyone has any...

What is wrong with this strategy? Sell ITM covered calls. Buy back before expiration, roll to next month, same ITM strike. Repeat. The roll should always yield a credit since you are selling a call with more time value than the one you buy back. Basically you can do this an unlimited...

What application do you use?

Anyone have this?