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wait your saying the Margin requirement change?? Frequently?? how the shit is that supposed to work? how much extra capital does everyone keep in their accounts? How do you know that your spreads are secure and won't be liquidated?

Been trying to do this all morning lol... Im sure its simple im just new on TWS maybe i need some Youtube University on TWS

Hello all, I just got off the phone with an IB margin representative. I'll be honest, either I didn't understand him or he didn't understand me.... soo here i am... I need to know the Buying Power Reduction / Margin for a credit spread and debit spread in VIX and VIX ETF's. I am reading...

4 old options = 100 shares

Usually takes a day or so for new options. Old ones will get very illiquid soon so i usually stop playing there. Cheers

welcome, sport

the old options only work for 25 / 100 shares now. You should do some serious research on this front before diving in. UVXY is a very strange product. Instead of splitting and giving everyone more shares it splits and cuts all positions prior to the split by 4. so if you had 100 shares short...

Hello, Is there any software that can compete with TOS on options analysis? I love TOS ability to analyze my portfolio by expiration and underlying. Is TOS the only place I can do that seamlessly? The guys on Option Block love LiveVol. I have no experience with it. is it amazing?

Great! thanks for the help

I just exported and imported to see the text file and how it worked. I have some decent experience using Thinkscript and I'm learning python now.. will I be able to create the python script you used to convert the text file? is it super difficult?

what broker?

Excellent, thanks for the advice!

so you import a trade log and it populates the analyze tab?

Risk Navigator..... Ill Check that out. Do most trade with TWS at IB or do many use one of the myriad of other platforms?

Can you create custom indicators in TWS?

why does it not matter? when IB's per contract is almost the same? also, just wanted to throw an edit in... im not switching cause of fees... they arent inhibiting my trading style. It's the Friends and Fam account that is so appealing. The added bonus of being able to system trade as well...

I might do this if it was offered as a stand alone for IB but unfortunately, its not... and TOS commissions are the worst in the industry at this point...

thanks ill check that out

Hello, I'm starting a Friends and Family account at IB(side note: what an amazing offering they have with this!) I am very comfortable with TDA's TOS options trading. I have years of experience using this platform and know most of its features. I am also semi-capable with Thinkscript to...

These are ETF options. Currently, have no plans to trade futures options.