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    Time decay difference between weekly SPY and Quarterly SPY

    FYI weeklys wont last 6 days, they end on fridays I think. RTFM.
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    Want to start part time but can't because of registration with Finra

    STFU or open an account with an offshore forex bucket shop.
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    Opening Only's 2010

    Thanks for the input. 2 Years ago I was profitable. But yes it is possible that it is not as good as it was. I like to try things by myself so I will trade a couple sessions or weeks and see what it gives.
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    Opening Only's 2010

    Placed wide orders on 4, no fills. Spreadsheet is now more "in control". Still have some work to be done.
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    Opening Only's 2010

    Placed orders on 11 stocks, cancelled 5 before the open. No fills. I had a very wide enveloppe and did not wanted to get filled. Just wanted to get into the beat and see how my spreadsheet was. A couple of problems occured so I will start again tomorow with a very wide enveloppe just to get...
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    Math Questions

    It is written in the formulas.
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    Opening Only's 2010

    Here is a sample but you could have figure it out with the IB docs. Take it as an example and modify it according to your needs. It may not be exactly what I would use. Enjoy
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    Opening Only's 2010

    The first step is to get the quote into the Tickers sheet to work. Once you get that it should be easy. After that you will be able to send all your orders with the API and then add your take profit conditional orders. There are many things you can do. Suppose you have many stocks in your...
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    Opening Only's 2010

    You can use the IB Excel API with the conditional order page. Set up the OPG order in one line and a conditional order that triggers a limit profit taking with a defined price (you can use a formula to calculate the price) that will trigger if you OPG order is filled. There is a conditional...
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    Best Firm For Large Option Orders

    Interactivebrokers. Thay have pricing based on the option premium and also on monthly volume. But with 400 you dont qualify for lower pricing on volume. http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=commission
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    Which stocks offer great dividends now.

    Have a look at tankers: FRO, NAT, TK, ...
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    Opening Only's 2010

    Thanks for the update Don. I am pleased to see that your guys are still trading and most probably doing well, they would not be trading otherwise! Trading is cool but life as other more important things to offer. Our health and our familly should come first. I wish you all the best.
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    Opening Only's 2010

    Was anyone playing the openings this year? Where your results any good (no details or number expected here)? Did the last spyke in volatility helped?
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    Pair Trading Strategy Journal

    The Handbook of Pairs Trading, Ehrman Pairs Trading: Quantitative Methods and Analysis, Vidyamurthy And if you are still thursty, Burgess PhD thesis, A Computational Methodology for Modelling the Dynamics of Statistical Arbitrage. Enjoy
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    debt ceiling deal reached

    Feels good to be short yen :-)
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    Advice for programming beginner: Matlab

    Depends on your objectives. Excel VBA is usually the first step. But I've seen guys starting with Matlab and I believe it's not that hard.
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    Groupon a short

    There are options on LinkedIN. Groupon is not a stock yet but the IPO is comming. Yes, long term it is a short but I long it will take before it goes under or how high is it going to go before sinking? Thoses are the questions and if you dont have an answer to that just forget about it, it...
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