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    thoughts on Jellifin?

    Website https://www.jellifin.com/ describes "No commissions. Period." It is unclear when accounts can be opened for real ...
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    tastyworks announces fee structure

    Link to FINRA https://files.brokercheck.finra.org/firm/firm_277027.pdf
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    Option Analytics Software

    What is BBG? Here is FINCAD http://www.fincad.com/technology
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    S&P 500 components weight

    There is a list http://slickcharts.com/sp500 (unclear how frequently updated)
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    Market on Open (MOO) Question

    https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/markets/nyse/NYSE_Opening_and_Closing_Auctions_Fact_Sheet.pdf So there is cutoff for MOC, and MOO depends on your DMM ...
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    Low commission for retail traders

    http://blog.themistrading.com/2014/11/beware-of-those-offering-free-retail-trades/ http://blog.themistrading.com/2016/01/robin-hood-the-legend-of-internalization/ And here is a Robinhood competitor: https://www.ustocktrade.com/
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    Citadel, KCG and Robinhood

    Robinhood does offer MARKET, LIMIT, STOP LOSS, STOP LIMIT order types ...
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    Low commission for retail traders

    Robinhood makes money like the other brokerages (on customer balances, margin interest, and payment for order flow). https://support.robinhood.com/hc/en-us/articles/202853769-How-Robinhood-Makes-Money https://d2ue93q3u507c2.cloudfront.net/assets/robinhood/legal/RHF%20PFO%20Disclosure.pdf
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    Interactive Brokers - Receives Payment for Order Flow or Not?

    @def Would these settings in TWS abided by mobileTWS? Thanks
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    R or Python for someone with elementary CS skills?

    In Python, Zipline http://www.zipline.io/ offers framework functionality (and it happens to be the backend for https://www.quantopian.com/ )
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    Finally, Google launches cell phone service, goodbye VZ, ATT, TMUS and sprint....

    $25 for 3G? https://republicwireless.com/plans/
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    Upcoming Earnings Releases with Liquid Options

    Dough has a filter for upcoming earnings at: https://trade.dough.com/demo#/gridPage
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    What is the most statistically predictable Option strategy?

    What are the listed variance swap instruments? I found this one (but cannot seem to get a daily chart on it ...): http://cfe.cboe.com/Products/Products_VA.aspx
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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    @kcgoogler Can a TWS created direct order be modified in mobileTWS (keeping the direct route)? Might be worth the $0.01/order cancel/replace fee ...
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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    The CBOE and PHLX add/remove liquidity fees are an enlightening read: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/CBOEoptfee.php https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/PHLXoptfee.php A peek behind the curtain ...
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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    As for the individual options, the volume by class is a good read: http://www.optionsclearing.com/webapps/volbyclass-reports http://www.optionsclearing.com/webapps/volbyclass-reports?reportClass=cboe http://www.optionsclearing.com/webapps/volbyclass-reports?reportClass=phlx e.g. SPY CBOE 13...
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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    From IB's website: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=otherFees&p=cancel2 $0.01/order
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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    Running the equities options exchange marketshare report at: http://www.optionsclearing.com/webapps/exchange-volume CBOE and PHLX gets ~19% each, with ARCA/IES/NSDQ ~10% runnerups. For indexes, CBOE is ~96% This might suggest a CBOE direct routing is the best bet (in particular if other...
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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    Yes, giving up a few cents (let's say 3 ...) for 1 leg means the commission is now ~$4 per trade and you still just hope for a fill. $1.50 per trade looks much better. There us of course also the matter of assignment and exercise fees (and possibly margin rates if you are leveraged).
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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    IB charges $0.70 + random "taking liquidity" fees and possibly not actually delivering single and spread orders to any of the exchanges (when using SMART). Then you can give up a few cents to reach for a fill. Or you can pay $0.80 more (up-front) and actually have your order displayed (and...
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