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Okay, I'm there.

Wow, you guys opened up a whole new set of possibilities!

Okay, this is what I'm talking about. Could you point me to, say, a webpage on IB's site that explains min. acct. req.s, etc.

Yes, I think I will just refinance my house. Crude puts, all in, who's with me? Let's refi!

Hey guys, I haven't been able to find a clear-cut answer to this... I understand futures margin is different than margin that one uses to buy stocks. Maybe you can help clear this up... I would like to borrow an amount of money equal to my account cash balance. Therefore, I have twice the...

I don't want to have to learn another language..

ninjatrader sucks, can't even trade FOPs

Don't forget to read these forums in light of who writes what; people like to spread misinformation... something that bothers me!

LOL

They were otm but now its itm, yeah 39 put for March contract. Hoping to start the new year off right

Yeah I've been watching, I'm all in on puts for oil, hoping I can hit a jackpot by mid feb

Interesting. Very interesting...

Now I am a newbie in the futures, FOPs markets, but I have been watching a 39.00 put on CLH16 and the bid ask spreads go from narrow (maybe .2) to very large (over 4.0, like it is now at bid 1.23 and ask 5.62... with the last at what is expected (3.43). Now is this normal? What's going on here...

Yeah but IB is supposedly an ECN, not a market-maker with their own stock, so it must be some affiliate company they are helping out.

Next broker will definitely be tradestation

I have an acct with ib thinkorswim ops house and ops xpress but mostly using ib now

Okay thanks. So it IS based solely on the new values of the options. But is it valued using SPAN? Only approximated by the actual market value change? Can somebody please give me a clear answet

Hey elite traders, thanks for all the help you guys have offered and knowledge you have contributed to this site! I've been searching here and using Google to find an answer, but I'm still not 100% clear. Specifically for futures options... I understand the initial margin is calculated by some...

Where did you go caveman? This is my only broker I've been to and I just started trading futures options... are other places like this does anyone know? And no, fop gains do not add to equity with loan value, only net liquidation value, which apparently isn't even used for margins