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Thanks Arnie. I'd forgotten about those. TIPS is a little light in the volume, and doesn't have weekly options, but TLT might not be a bad addition to the portfolio. I neglected to mention that I typically just do a buy-write on OTM one strike out on the underlying (or sell puts until assigned...

I have an IRA portfolio consisting of mostly ETF (IWM, GDX, EEM, IYR, UNG). I'd like to hear any suggestions people have on strategies to hedge this portfolio against major (15% or more) downturns. Right now my plan is to buy OTM calls on the VIX (say on a monthly or quarterly basis). These...

Just out of curiosity, do you have any actual evidence to back up the various claims you have made?

Why not post a snapshot of your account balance and trades and then tell everyone to get bent with a cheese grater?

:confused: So you've been averaging about 30% a year in a monstrously liquid market and you're going to switch out to something new?

Can you beat 3 trades in about 4 days? That was accomplished just last week on this very website. That was futures and options, so "vive la difference", I guess. Maybe you could post a video of you actually lighting the 10k on fire? I've also heard that if you just wipe your ass with it...

1) Does your trading platform provide a ".log" file for activity? 2) Does your platform provide a way to see all orders placed whether they were canceled/filled, etc? You didn't mention your brokerage...if it's someone like IB, you might be able to do some digging...if it's Fidelity or...

I'd suggest IYR because it is: 1) optionable, 2) liquid in both the underlying and options, and 3) non-leveraged.

I'm in the US, so I have no knowledge of their international requirements. I'm pretty sure there are international users, though. You'd have to ask them directly. Obviously the time required is totally dependent on what you are trying to do. Do you sit right next to the machine and babysit...

Any reason you chose their API over IB? The IB API has been around for years: 1) Online documentation is pretty usable. 2) Sample code is available. 3) There are several online forums dealing with the API 4) I think there a couple of open source platforms using it (TradeLink?). Also...

Do you mean you are really good at predicting reversals in AAPL or in general? If you can do it generally, why not switch to futures? Even the most liquid option will not approach the liquidity of futures contracts. You'll get all the leverage you want, liquidity, and you won't have to mess...

Doesn't B increase your exposure to both theta and volatility?

Just to clarify...the $39 is ONLY if you want to actually generate trades or place live trades on the chart? As long as you're not doing that, you can still program c# strategies/indicators, etc? Thanks

You hit the bid and removed liquidity = fee from ECN. He sold the ask and added liquidity = possible rebate from ECN.

The SpreadTrader tab allows you to create all the standard options profiles, so no need to generate them manually (i.e: OptionTrader tab).

You are reading a journal entitled: "The battle for Survival", which follows on the heels of the journal entitled: "Rebuilding my battered account" (which didn't) and this result gives you hope?

Why not just log on to the account management tool, open a chat with the customer service, and ask them directly?

Pinged IB yesterday and the guy said he called CBOE and there are currently no options on VXST.

Man, I don't know...I just took a look at the website and when I read garbage like: "...resulting in extreme, maximum profit with virtually zero effort and risk for traders and investors who use such precise, reliable stock price forecasts." "Be sure to tell your family, relatives, friends and...

The old version had the complain button on each users message posting so we could quickly report those spammers easily. I don't see it in this version. That seemed to clean things up pretty quickly. Is there a new way to do that with this software?