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Has anyone ever tried going short (if possible) or long puts on some of these comatose products? Any research on such a strategy? What happens if you are holding a long PUT ITM when one of these goes extinct? I'm sure this happened, no? (I presume the short ETF positions are just walk-aways...

IB tells me it's not doable, this particular trade. Odd.

Got cha. Understood. Baby step. Thanks.

A lot offer MOO and MOC but I just want to automate it so I don't have to do it every trading day. That's what my op is about.

All I want to do now is try the overnight SPY trade, you know buy SPY MOC sell MOO repeat but in an automated, set it and forget it way. I have three brokers, Fidelity, TDA/TOS and IB, and soon TradeStation. Can any of those do the trick and if so, how? Thanks much.

Was thinking about inverse and non-inverse 3X ETFs or married puts on stocks? Any research ever been done or this and what trades have the best chance of success, and the legalities?

Doesn't appear to be much volume at all in this. Any ideas as to why. Shorting Gold / Long Silver or vice versa is just the way to go? Why do they keep these low-vol products around then? Curious.

I'm not sure what buying 100 shares of SVXY has to do with anything unless you are talking about buying a the strike price of 20, in my example.

I think the IB requester margin was like $6150 or $6250 or something. Weird. I mean it's csh-secured, $2,000 max, right?

That was my original question.

Strike of 20, for a pittance.

Guys, I'm shorting a put -- not the stock, not a call. The stock can go to 1,000 for all I care; I pocket the small premium, if it stays above 20. If it goes to 0, it's put to me at 20, which means I am down 20 -- my max loss.

I know IB is tough on margins, but c'mon ...

If I sell one put at 20, the most I can lose is $2,000, right? The why is the margin required $6,500?

That's not live, I assume. If you find out, let me know.

but like a digital clock in large font with nothing or very little else on the screen. I have an extra monitor on the far end of my desk, and thought that might be handy for my bad eye sight work flow. Any thoughts?

So, option holders get hit on those? Or if they sell beforehand, it's not a problem?

The proper question here is who will buy IB and when? Peterffy is getting up there.

How much? Need to be a RIA?

I would think only long-term option holders get hit. True?