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No. It will only let the FUNDED data subscriptions be logged in on one machine. Both accounts are sharing this same subscription. You can create a second user on your funded account and use that user’s data subscriptions. However you would have to pay for the data subscriptions on this second user.

Here is the answer to your question. I created a portfolio from 1/1/2008 until now using the portfolio you outlined. I started with a roughly equal distribution among those stocks. Each year, I used the dividends that were paid out to buy whichever stock from the group had the biggest losses. As...

Using this tool you can test different dividend portfolio strategies vs S&P by jumping back in time and screening for stocks that meet your strategy criteria (can test since 2008). Like anything in investing, some strategies out perform the broader markets, others underperform. However, based on...

It generally happens right before periods of uncertainty... leading up to Brexit it happened on some days.. leading up to election.. sometimes leading to a FED meeting... in this case perhaps it has to do with the tax bill. The market has climbed a lot the past few days, meaning the market is a...

I’m looking to move as well. Any suggestions? I mostly trade options only these days.

In my account, I only have vertical (credit) spreads. Looking at my margin requirements I see: RegT Margin: 24k Current Initial margin: 35k Current Maintenance margin: 24k The RegT and maintenance margin amounts are correct - essentially matches the difference between the spread strikes (which...

Lets say you sell short VXX calls expiring in 2 weeks. A major global conflict breaks out and the markets end up being closed for the next month. What happens to your short VXX calls? Had the market been open, those options would have skyrocketed and you would have lost your shirt. But since...

I owned a 12.5P expiring Jan 25. The VRO settled at 10.65 which means, the Put was roughly $2 in the money. When will IB update my account to reflect that it exercised the option and credited my account? I had expected to wake up and see the credit now that its the 26th, but I don't see...

I'm not advocating there will be a crash... I'm not even advocating I disagree with the policies. I sort of view several of his policies as "necessary medicine" which will result in short term pain for long term gain. What I am saying is I believe the market is not pricing the risk properly. I...

The uncertainty comes from him being somewhat of a lose cannon. A single tweet could start an international conflict. He could actually impose tarifs at the border which could quickly escalate into a major trade war. While those events are somewhat low probability, I just feel the market is not...

By most measures, it appears we are about to enter one of the most "uncertain" times in recent memory. Yet VIX/Option Premiums are near multi year lows... Everyday we have a new tweet about a tariff (at some point the market needs to take this seriously). Plus we have major instability in...

There are tools you can use to model the price of those options vs underlining 30 days from now. However, I find typically those tools do not account for changes in IV properly. For example, they typically give you way to increase or decrease IV the same amount for both positions... but in...

My kids have an interest in investing their money vs having it sit in their piggy bank. What is the best type of account to create (from a tax perspective)? Who is a good broker to use for this type of account? I would want the ability to trade options in their account. (covered calls/cash...

If regulation is the biggest threat, that should be minimized for the next 4 years at least..

What is the likelyhood that Barclays stops reverse splitting VXX and shuts it down, or closes the fund? i.e. VXX ceases to exist... Is that possible? Likely? My concern is VXX is all I trade lately, have built a very robust and profitable system utilizing it. However, in the back of my mind, I...

I have subscribed to a service where I am downloading the full option chain every 15 minutes. This option chain is NOT the price at that exact instant.. but delayed some amount of time, sometimes 15 minutes delayed, sometimes longer. The problem is, the option chain data does not contain the...

If I have a set of historical option data with IV, option price, date etc... But I don't have the underlining price of the stock, I should be able to figure that price out correct? Does anyone know the formula I would use to get the underlining price of the stock when all other variables are known?

According to IB's documentation, historical data is only available for active contracts. Does the moment the contract expire, IB stop giving historical data for that contract? The next day? For example, lets say the contract expires Friday, if I request historical data at 2:59 central, I will...

What is the relationship between VIX and IV on S&P index such as SPX or SPY options. For example, as you go further out in time the IV on the S&P options is higher, just like the VIX futures are higher. Does that mean that say for March SPX options, the IV is being priced off of the march VIX...

The problem with VIX futures, VXX and others is the decay aspect. Vix futures are always priced higher than spot, and therefore will decay over time. What I am trying to construct is a trade that is more of a pure IV play on say S&P options... the goal would be if IV increases you make money, if...