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Just buy an extra C strike . For more info google Charles Cottle's slingshot spread.

MTE is right on the money with fly.The fly is great for directional plays in terms of RR but the timing sucks . If you are wrong about mkt direction, the fly will lose $ right away if you are right and it moves to sweet spot, you can't "cash in" until l 2-4 Days till exp. However, you will find...

I screwed up and did'nt discern the diff between GB and MB. 2GB is the max I've seen. for the sticks. Reliability is of course paramount. Thanks for the replies.

Hi. I have a charting /scanning program on home trading PC and would like to have the same on my laptop. It involves having a certain folder containing prices,etc located in PC in order for it to operate. In addtion, I would also like to have my photos located in my laptop backed up in case of...

Riskarb, let me see if I get the purpose and the steps of this exercise straight. If XYZ has an Imp Vol of x% which translates to a $1 Stand Dev, and he sees XYZ going over the 2 Stand Dev Boll bands at a rate greater than 1 in 20 bars, then he ought to buy juice or at the least ask more...

More time for the TWAP blackboxes to spread their orders throughout the day.

Hi Y'all. Have a question about b/t in general as it pertains to timeframe. If you have a long only system that tests 60% win rate in a 10 min timeframe vs. a 60% win rate in a daily system where BOTH entries are based on a "buy weakness" signal i.e. maybe a low bollinger band on a 10 min...

Firms interpret haircut differently. Some consider H/C as a sunk cost that traders have to pay for going over certian cap buying power. So if I have 25K and am allowed 10:1 the firm might charge me a dly fee of x% for every $ I exceed 250k in BP or carry overnight. Other more progressive firms...

cbdtradingroup has a jbo thru Merrill pro which by definition has to have at least $1M of their own $ correct? unlike sub llcs or "overrides" firms that basically act as marketers/outsourced help desk for a BD w.o neccesarily proving capital. Any comments?

Steve ask Echo to offer you risk based haircut so you can take home pairs of stock with OTM options to button up 3 sigma risk. This should enable you to carry far more than having stock outright.

I have decent experience in programming auto trading system in VB/ActiveX. The platform I'd like to use for options and stocks does not offer Active X but they said I can connect thru FIX. How do I do that. In ActiveX I use the IDE of VB or even fire it off from excel. How is it done in Fix? Thanks

I understand the specs ...somewhat ? So a Dec 108C with Dec ZN at 109 should at least be 1 2/64 bid since the put is at least 2/64 with 3 days to go. Either I am mising something big like autoexercise/deliver notices or simply that no one wants to make a market on an ITM call with 4 days to go.

My Ib bid/offer says 1/64 offer at 2 size is 1x1. I guess either they are considered deep OTM so there are no quotes or my TWS is messed up. For example I own 2 dec 107C and right now there are no quotes on it. Last settle 1 53/64. They exp in 4 days right?

Can anyone tell me why the 10 yr note Dec options at 108 (ZN Dec 108c) is currently 1/64Bid 2 offer 1x1. They expire Tuesday I think and since it is close to ATM, you'd think the mkt would be tighter? Thanks

Can anyone tell me why the 10 yr note Dec options at 108 (ZN Dec 108c) is currently 1/64Bid 2 offer 1x1. They expire Tuesday I think and since it is close to ATM, you'd think the mkt would be tighter? Thanks

Can anyone tell me why the 10 yr note Dec options at 108 (ZN Dec 108c) is currently 1/64Bid 2 offer 1x1. They expire Tuesday I think and since it is close to ATM, you'd think the mkt would be tighter? Thanks

Hi. I need help on an issue and would appreciate any suggestions. I used to have an Excel object in the if/then else statement below. xlbook = GetObject("c:\XLworkbooks\GenesisATS.xls") While xlbook.application.cells(rw,1)<> "" 'Check for Opening Order Criteria If...

Hi. I am trying to implement an error handling routine to enable me to exit gracefully in case the file I am trying to open is not currently available. I looked at the help files and came across the Try/Catch method. I tried it and am still having errors in the dev environment instead of getting...

Can anyone offer a suggestion on how I can prevent a function call error in VB.net when trying to fetch Excel values? Sometimes a cell in XL is in edit mode so when my vb timer tries to fetch a cell it aborts.

Try saving your list in 1 big table in Access and run a query to remove the dupes, then export the list into XL