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Do I need to have trading permissions to get market data or is it enough that i get market data to collect bid and ask etc. I want to create a small "index" but not trade. I FIGURED IT OUT, close the THREAD

Ok. I start writing something for options since i need it myself and then we see how it works out. I guess futures and others are easy. Then the margin reports can be used to check whether we calculate correctly. :p

Which instrument classes would you like to be incorporated I have trading access for US stocks, options and bonds. Which are you using?

Oh forgot iam making an option trade scanner, maybe I could develop the margin thing. That is if you REALLY want it :D

Ok sorry then, well if youre good at excel then you could do it realtime through the API. If you can code you could make a little thingie that figures out what positions you have like covered call or butterfly etc. Will not be totally easy though. Sorry its my best shot :eek:

ID say IB if you can craft your own excel analysis or other tools. If not then Think or Swim is really nice for options.

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There is a report called margin report if you login to acct mgmt :) Br

Thanks for the advices coach! Ill soak it in my dumb head :D

That margin is locked now until next thursday and aint bringing any money in, you are very right about that. At the time when it was going bad i really didnt think about that the money could have worked better somewhere else. But hey we all make mistakes right?

Well, roll costed $600 close would have been $850-$950. How do you usually do it?

Id try to do something when the gamma factory is working overtime to produce delta against you. :( I had an old IC 129/131/145/147 put on. When DJX dropped below 133 i bought a butterfly shifting it into 127/129/145/147. I spent about $30 / contract for that, eating all the profit and some...

Yeah ive forgot about the psychological factor. Which car u drive? I have a 1.4Litre "twin charger" supercharger+turbo. Goes forever on one tank.

Fuel represents only like 15-20% of the total cost of car ownership. Its not very high.

Ive converted like $1000 to Swedish Krona (which apparently is a much smaller currency than Sterling) and it worked fine. Spreads are small. USD - > GBP BID: 0.4802 ASK: 0.4809 = 0.14% spread Just remember IB have a treshold of $10000 equivalent before you earn interest, this is applied...

$23220/$15000 = 1.548 x^20 = 1.548 x= 1.548^(1/20) = 2.2%/week Your doing good, keep it up :D

Clear Thx. Which index's u trade? I trade DJX and SPX, It seems that DJX is easier (for me) to get fills in.

FT79: what do you mean by: "Don't try a iron condor, calendar or diagonal, imho you should trade a portfolio and but them on every single month." Are you saying not to use IC etc? Also IMO 5% = not easy, 2-3% = easy.

Please save us from a future thread when your acct is in danger. Make a 47.5/50 spread instead. Br

Ive made money on verticals and iron condors. Going for plain puts/calls is too risky in my opinion.