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I have set up these four following iron condors expiry 20th feb 2014. 1. 1825/1850/1775/1750 margin requirement: 389 2 1850/1875/1750/1725 margin requirement : 599 3. 1875/1900/1725/1700 margin requirement : 654 4. 1900/1925/1700/1675. margin requirement : 596 This is...

I am UK resident. I have IB a/c and apart from that I have some cash which hardly earns 2% per annum. I would like to buy some blue chip stocks they are stable and gives div more than atleast 2% Please advise me how do I go about this? Thanks

what strength?

I feel so lethargic, sleepy, without much energy and tired during winter months. I take multi vitamins. Q10, omega vit C etc but I want to feel much better than that. Any ideas to improve my condition. Thanks

Thanks for all the replies, Much appreciated, Next day I put the same trade and guess what, It got filled at mid price within minutes. I admit I donot know much about interest rates and some other implications of the trade. I was just amazed at very low margin required and the large amount...

I tried to put up an iron condor in that date and and for the margin requirement of about 500 , I was getting in premium about 7500. (SPX) trade. But I waited and waited but the trade never got filled. I had put the trade at mid price and I reduced the premium I was getting but trade never...

SPX option trades can be done in Dec 2015. Do people go this far and possibly what are the advantages. ?

How can I find from my IB a/c statement the capital I have put into a/c from time to time and my realised profit (forget unrealised p/l ) . Thanks

Can somebody give names of some good spiritual books. In general , no particular about any religion. Thanks for help.

Sorry, I have option at 157.5 expiring on 15th. I am tryng to weigh whether to move option on 22 nov. Advise please

Exactly at what time DIA will become ex.div . Ex div date is 15th Nov but at what time? At the market open on 15th? Thanks

Thanks for OCC simulation info

Say I have 70 iron condors positions all at 25 points, According to your calculation my maximum loss would be 175000 ( 2500X 70), The margin was at 80539 and it went up to 101245. So margin is still less than 175000, And now it has come back to 80539, So what do I learn from this?

I am not an expert as you are and I am a bit thick to understand. Please spell out what other conclusions might be to my benefit. You can send me p pm if you so prefer, Thanks- I must learn more.

My margin requirements have been reduced back to level on Thursday. I suspect either OCC had made some errors or IB had made some errors. And these errors have been corrected. I have not done any trades in between. I am happy things have been restored back to Thursday level.

Sorry I had not read your question. How do i determine maximum loss? I have taken mid price to close iron condor. That loss will be 173000. That is more than the margin. But yesterday I had not done any trade and my margin requirement was as stated before. How could it increase by 26% when...

IB has not explained how an increase of 26% can take place.

IBs reply: Dear Mr. Kakad, Unfortunately the Portfolio Margin parameters are received and processed from the OCC each night then applied to all accounts after midnight EST. These IB nightly system refreshes will update the real time margin requirement for all accounts. Any deficit...

the margin now on the screen is 101247-not much different from the opening