Search results

I'd highly doubt it, except for a very limited set. OPRA is already having serious bandwidth issues keeping up with the quote stream as it is. Imagine doubling the number of symbols over night.

A couple of thoughts: 1) If you're still bullish on the stock, sell the 110 for .85. That cuts your risk by 1/3rd while still allowing you to profit if you're right. 2) If you think it's simply going to oscillate down to the 98 range and come back, sell the Feb 105, and buy it back when the...

I subscribe to several of them. If you click on the link for "performance history", they'll generally write you back within 20 minutes or so. In general, the performance histories for each strategy over 3 years ranges from break even to REALLY good. I get two things out of them: 1) Insight...

Bloomberg needs to hire some color experts for UI design. Purple, green, and orange, oh my!

I tried to answer your question by referring to probability of ruin formulas. You're essentially asking for a consistent 1.5% average ROE per day. That would be *phenomenally* good. If you can do that well, you will likely open a hedge fund, take a management fee, 30% of everyones' profits...

Wow, I tried to make this point tongue-in-cheek in my previous post. Thanks for reinforcing it out of your own mouth. If you haven't lost 80% overnight in a single option, you've never traded options. So what are you doing here?

Well, my returns are even higher then yours. Good grief. A more useful answer is to look into the various statistical formulas whereby you can compute your "probability of ruin" as largely a function of how much return you are demanding from your money. I've made 300% overnight (CME...

The cost would be roughly $1k/mo + data service fees, which would likely be in the $2-$5k/mo range. This is pretty far out of the abilities of the average investor. DTN's service was $200/mo.

Comstock/IDC apparently doesn't offer a satellite feed either. Anyone?

Thank you for providing assurances about metoo's intentions. I wasn't sure whom to trust until now. My question is, why bother? A number of people have negotiated far superior rates with IB and Tradestation, and posted about it here. It's no secret that volume traders can get better prices...

Just another thought, you might want to check out mini Russell 2000 or IWM options. I haven't looked at IWM, but QQQQ options are so liquid, the spreads really come down. You'd have to look at what the mini russell is. The mini nasdaq is $MNX.

According to DTN, they're no longer offering the OPRA feed through their satellite product. Does anyone continue to offer a realtime, satellite-delivered options data feed? If so, how much does it cost? Thanks!

I always find offers like this suspicious. Why not post the broker's name publicly? If it's some kind of "secret" broker, will I really feel comfortable having a substantial chunk of my life savings in their care?

IB still seems awefully competitive. $.75/contract, minimum $1 per order. (i.e. if you buy 1 contract, it costs $1. If you buy two, it costs .75 + .75 = 1.50 total). So, no ticket charge, $.75/contract. And they pay 3.5% interest on cash. Not bad. If you've found better, please post their...

Scanning software ocasionally turns up interesting volatility skews, which are fine for one or two strategies. In general, though, stocks which come up on a scanner for interesting options combinations show up for a reason. If a call or put is overly expensive (or cheap), it's probably due to a...

Market-makers can't "bust" a trade, the exchange does. Trades which are submitted as errors as subject to review (and contesting on your part) unless they are for an inconsequential amount of money. So, if your trades were unfairly busted by the exchange due to an error submitted by the...

I'm not sure I agree that it's much different for the people on the floor. They're competing for good prices just as much as you are. In fact, they also pay cancelation fees (see the CBOE fee chart), at least for firm orders. Often, you can play the electronic equivalent of open outcry--just...

1) Market makers and seat holders DO pay fees for their trades. CBOE publishes their list of fees for all customer types, and these fees aren't cheap. IB offers an unbelievably good deal at $.75/contract. Take a look at the price list and figure out what you would need to pay per month and per...

Guess I'm confused by this one. According to the Altria web site, the div-ex date is 12/23/05. This is after December expiration?

I'm pretty sure Disney tried that a few years ago.