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Yes. TD Ameritrade's ThinkorSwim platform. Here's a couple of links for you; https://tickertape.tdameritrade.com/tools/2012/05/play-money-real-experience-87420 https://www.thinkorswim.com/t/pm-registration.html Best

Can't say that ToS is the "best" but I like the platform, it works for me. I tried others but found ToS gives me the tools I need, and reasonable commissions, to facilitate my /ES trading. Best

When you say my "ITM" options do you mean thinly traded (i.e. no vol or oi yesterday or today) VanEck Vectors AMT-Free Intermediate Municipal Index ETF (Symbol: ITM) or some options hetertofore unidentified that are In-The-Money (also ITM)? Just wondering. o_O

No. A credit spread is a limited reward AND limited risk trade. Best

I suggest that you visit the CME's website and review the Daily Exchange Volume and Open Interest data that the exchange offers for free. The link is http://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/volume-open-interest/exchange-volume.html. You will note that the E-mini options all have a fair amount of...

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Yes, big institutions buy, sell and hold the majority of the SPY shares (all 1+ Billion of them.) . From NASDAQ (http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/spy/institutional-holdings) come this information as of COB yesterday. As you can see JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and UBS are the top 3 holders of SPY...

Well there you go. You're using the wrong model. You should be using a Binomial model. To wit: Options Pricing Models http://people.stern.nyu.edu/adamodar/pdfiles/valn2ed/ch5.pdf A Comparison of Option Pricing Models http://www.finecus.com/docs/option.pdf I am the very model of a modern...

Yes, the SPX does have Extended Trading Hours (2:00AM-8:15AM CST). BUT, take a look at the folks who offer those hours to the retail trader, the platforms that you can trade ETH products on and the volume of the SPX between 2 and 6 for example. The ES is a far better bet in the wee hours of the...

"Figures often beguile me particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Mark Twain popularized the saying in Chapters from My...

Care to translate that into English? In any case if your spreads are going ITM with regularity then you need to reevaluate your credit spread strategy. Perhaps you're trading the strikes that are to close to the market. For example if you are trading 30-50 deltas (close to the money) then the...

Yes, that's all I trade. Do I have a "good" strategy? Well, I make a profit every month so I am pleased with my strategy thus far. What is my strategy? A combination of fundamental and technical analysis, sticking to my written trading plan/strategy which includes certain criteria including...

Yes it's possible. Here's a screen shot from my ToS platform as of 10:00AM (EST) of the of the time and sales of the 10 largest transactions for the SPY symbol. Ranging in size from 1476 contracts to 5000 contracts. Your $100K should be an easy trade. Also, as others have pointed out, the...

It’s important for every trader to understand that his* trading decision-making process can have an impact on your his overall volatility and performance. There are two main approaches to trading: investing and speculating. An easy way to differentiate between investing and speculating is to...

I'm think you should trade your position in accordance with your trading plan/strategy. What does it call for you to do? Or do you not have a written trading plan/strategy? I thought so....:sneaky:

American vs European style options; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_style http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/08/american-european-options.asp http://www.dummies.com/personal-finance/investing/stocks-trading/comparing-american-and-european-style-options/...

Start by going to the IRS website and reading about securities trading. Specifically; Topic 429 - Traders in Securities (Information for Form 1040 Filers) https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc429.html Publication 550 (2015), Investment Income and Expenses...

Closed at 124.39 today. Did you get stopped out? Or were you short and made a profit?

I would predicts a lot of unhappy liberals. College professors, hollywood actors, government employees who are otherwise unemployable, illegal immigrants, the listy goes on.

I should have also pointed out that there's also a number of magazines available on the newsstands (e.g. Barnes and Noble, Books A Million, etc.) that feature articles and columns about options and how to analyze/trade them. They include; Modern Trader (was, until 2015, Futures and still is on...