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can you please explain what do you mean by...."I only took in $50"? Are you saying that the 1 option cost you $50 and it lost $800 overnight? couldn't you just put a limit on the option to close out at a certain price?

when people talk about hedging....doesn't this lesson the amount of leverage you are putting forth? say if you have $3000...and want to get the most leverage, you would probably buy $3000 worth of options or maybe whatever futures contract you decide... but if you say that you...

i'm still new to options and would like some help understanding them.... I've read many books but trying to just confirm a few things... if say, I short a call option....this is considered a naked call if I'm not mistaken...(can someone please tell me why this is dangerous assuming the...

I just bought 30 IWM options and I did not close any positions yet my demo account closed 4 postions automatically... can someone please explain to me why this happens? I was under the impression that IWM options do not have a maintainence margin...

please correct me if i'm wrong... if the economy was to grow at a rate of say 12 percent a year, does this mean that most likely the daily ranges should naturally become larger (if you exclude the market going into recession)... for example, in 2003, SPX was at 100....so in order to...

this is annoying! I tried to do this fast today. I went short with a market order and tried to quickly use the alert/action feature. The java took forever! not only is this annoying but IB doesn't seem to understand that the user wants to know what was the last executed price (without it...

why did IB realtime charts stop moving during the day? It's done this in the past, but now it's doing it again....the chart didn't seem to be updating but the market prices were moving...this is annoying!

besides IB automatically closing your position if your futures contract reaches the Intraday Maintenance margin, are there any other consequences if I let it do this? I believe when I did this with my demo account, IB automatically doubles you Intraday Initial margin.

that looks like a lot of steps... can I assign a hot key or is there a faster way? thanks

I'm trying to set a stop in IB under the market price...so for example the current price is 400 I buy at 400 but i want to set a condition that if the price goes to 410, only then will I want to put a stop price at 405. How do I do this in IB? (I tried using a stop along with a...

does anyone know exactly what was er2's low price today? thanks

sorry... I forgot to mention... this is refering to intraday trading... i'm open to any opinion... so far, great input! keep it up

I'm trying to work on an exit strategy for futures... can anyone give their ideas on when to sell... do you sell based on a percentage or amount made for the day? or a percentage based on the possible average range? thanks

thanks for the reply.. i understand that the spread can change quickly... is there a way I can find out exactly how much went towards the spread cost for each trade? I have IB and if the ER2 is usually $10 a spread...how about IWM and RUT options? I appreciate it.

does anyone know what is the average cost that a trader spends on just the spread alone on ER2? (just one trade) thanks

If there is a standard requirement by law how can other brokers require less? how can there be a requirement by law in an unregulated area exist? I'm sure the last thing the broker cares about is their customers...if that were the case, there would be charity brokers with no commission...

does anyone know the formula that is used for calculating IB's margin requirements? does the margin requirements go up when the volatility index goes up or when the price of the futures contract goes up?

I've been looking into switching to Openecry since last time I saw IB pumped up their margin requirements... is it me or did IB lower their margin requirements again? and is this permanent?

smart comment... so i guess if you set it for the night, then you shouldn't trade at night either.... waste of a comment.

I'm in the learning process so I am not in the verge of throwing my money into something I have no idea of. This is why I'm trying to clear things up. I've read many books and somettimes things can get overwhelming. To answer your question, I am refering to the account going negative and...