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Thanks for the reply. I actually have one more question. If I have an account size of $25,000. I have open spread(s) and have margined of let's say $10,000. Could I put the remaining $15,000 in a T-Bond? So, the excess margin is not just sitting there but actually earning something...

This is a pretty silly question, but I just wanted to double check. If I'm short an option on a Jan contract (and assuming it a naked one), if I were to get assigned, I would be assigned a Mar Futures contract, right?? Ex: I am Short Jan 1200 Put & the March S&P futures settles at 1195 on...

If I had a DEC 1220/1205 Bull Put Spread and then opened a 1280/1295 Bear Call Spread WEEKLY , I would be margined only $1,500, right?

Another question..... Are ES & SP options European (like $SPX) or American settled??

Yeah, that's what I was thinking about doing. I thought I would see what the margins for SP, though. Aren't the options on SP more liquid then ES?? Thanks.

Hi, I know it was asked earlier on this thread. But, is there anyway one could calculate the SPAN margin for a particular options spread? Is there some site people could go to get that information. I heard that Optionvue does it. Thanks. HAPPY TRADING!!

I had a 1240/1250 bear call spread which was part of an Iron Condor. I had closed the short 1240 strike yesterday, but held onto the long 1250. Since SET, according to CBOE.com, is 1254.85, that would mean that my long option could have been exercised. So, I would recieve proceeds of $485...

Are the markets open on Friday (Veteran's Day)?

Don't know if this was discussed earlier. But, I was looking on IB and was looking at selling a Dec 1140/1135 Bull Put spread. And I noticed: The B/A for the 1135 strike is 2.65/3.20 and the B/A for the 1140 strike is 3.00/3.80. That obviously can't be right. If you sell the 1140 and...

I can't seem to find the IV for a stock/index on IB. If anyone knows how to on IB, please share. I went to www.ivolatility.com and used one of their calculators. I'm not sure which Volatility to use. They have IV Index Call, IV Index Put, and IV Index mean...

How did you find that volatility for NDX is 13.9%?

You can check and/or adjust your timezone by clicking on "Your Account" on top of this page, and then "options". The Time Zone is on the bottom of that page.

lol, thanks.

I sold 122/123 Call spread on XSP today. Got $0.25/contract. I wouldn't mind a few bears coming into this market now....:)

Yeah that's what they said. Dear Trader, As it stands right now the Beta version and older TWS versions, not the current stand-alone, or current browser, will function properly for the new weekly options. As the system is updated beta to browser to stand-alone all TWS systems will...

IB help emailed me back and said they are only available on the browser version. I logged on through the browser version, but still can't find them. Don't know what the deal is.

Ok. I also email them earlier this evening. Let's see what they say. If you do get it to work, please post it here. Thanks.

I was finally able to get into IB. But, I still can't seem to get quotes for the SPX weekly options. I wanted to see where Coach's SPX Weekly 1185 Put was. I typed in "SPX" then went to Options --> Nov. I selected the strike and put. Then selected the route for "SMART". I couldn't find...

Ohhh. News to me. Thanks!!

Thanks for the info. I'm trying to log into IB, but I can't. I know you can't log in on Saturday since they do maintence or something to the system. Are you having the same problem?