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can depend on a number of things. you may have access to better commission rates, better connections, more leverage, lower borrowing costs, etc. a PM account would probably be what most people would need, but others need more.

in my experience, if you need/want to put on or alter a position, it will cost you money worrying about a few pennies. usually, something is moving in that direction for a reason and trying to squeeze a few cents when the goal is to make much more ends up being fruitless. i'd rather give up...

i think you are missing a zero

both those exchanges fall under the SEC, so i'd guess yes.

huh??

J-Law nailed it. being short premium is all about managing risk. when i'm short premium, if i lost money due to vol, i'm ok. it's when the gamma hurts that i'm more worried about.

look at the range of the market and at how wide your condors are. that's what makes money. if you started this 2 years ago and didn't get run over, i'd be impressed. it will come down to how often it the market goes through your strikes and how you deal with with moving your position vs...

4 year bump? wow.

markets are definitely imperfect. certain people definitely have more access to information flow than others.

you will need to give up the bid/ask twice as many times and it will be a wider spread.

almost everything used to trade in fractions. the never moved to decimals. personally, i don't think it matters.

your flies are so tight, it's like a shot in the dark. granted i don't know how much you want to risk, but you may want to try some wider flies. or even skew the strikes.

why not just go long the straddle?

it's relatively close to the all time high. i think vol goes higher with the idea of an unknown upside on the rally and comes off due to just staying in the trading range.

taking out the first 3 bids seems reasonable to me to send 100 futs into the market. it's only .30, or essentially the bid/ask for the ES fut contract. if you want to be able to trade some size, and .20 or .30 is preventing you, you are doing something wrong. fyi, my future orders were...

TF futures are much thinner than when that contract traded on the CME. previously, you could easily buy or sell 100 futures at the market and get a reasonable fill. now i'm not so sure. i wouldn't be uncomfortable sending 25 or so to the market. most of the liquidity is probably based on an...

generally speaking, ETF's and their corresponding futures trade in a tight range. the range does move though. there are plenty of computers playing that game already. how it's best for you to play would depend upon your systems. looking for rebates on the stock? get the edge in the more...

maybe i've never looked at the models close enough, but i've never noticed a change in the vol when anything went ex-div.

what have you been doing and why are you changing it if works? least maintainence would be long premium.

generally i have noticed some of the decay come out friday for the weekend. usually monday, more comes out. assuming we open at approx. the same place. i don't know what you mean regarding edge on friday vs monday. essentially, if the condor is worth more friday, that's your edge...