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Done @ SCHW. I mostly trade equities.

I would have to ask the same question... Never had that problem. Three days ago did a credit spread on low volume, wide bid - ask spread and put it in to dink the floor for 5 cents on eack side and got filled before I clicked the order status...at 2 cents better then my limit.

I ran the numbers through Prime Options Calculator v 3.5 and they agree with the examples given above. If you go out to the Jan. 2012 options for more premium, you get greater downside, but with greater time for the underlying(s) to move. Higher strikes gives greater appreciation, but...

FINRA 04/01/2010 WITHOUT ADMITTING OR DENYING THE FINDINGS. THE FIRM CONSENTED TO THE ENTRY OF FINDINGS AS SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: DURING THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 2006 THROUGH OCTOBER 2007 (FIRM NAME HERE) VIOLATED PATTERN DAY TRADING MARGIN RULES BY ALLOWING MARGIN -ACCOUNT CUSTOMERS WHO HAD BEEN...

As for your first question, and as far as in ANY stock or option trade, long or short, spread, bull or bear, debit or credit, or the Short-Broken Wing-Calendar-Condor Spread (better known as the gobbily-goop spread or alligator spread) The bottom line is WHAT do YOU THINK the...

Vertical spreads are more frequently referred to as bull or bear spreads and as credit or debit spreads. Specific points your pondering: 1) No, I would not agree. If your position is a credit spread you'd want both options to expire out-of-the-money. The following are for examples...

The order should be entered as a two leg order. In this case entered as a limit net credit. This will not guarantee that you will get the full order filled, but it will guarantee that you will be filled on both sides. Or entered as a market order. This may result in a unfavorable fill...

If the market is oversold than I would tend to look at neutral to bullish plays, if the market is over bot then I would tend to look at neutral to bearish plays. Or to put it another way....say It's 2 or 3 weeks from expiration and I'm looking to put on some credit spreads. The TRIN is a...

I use this as a short term over bot over sold indicator for all my options trades. Reprinted here with permission.

I would have picked E. I don't know what ANY option position in IBM would have on a long position in YHOO

Agree. Plus once you calculate the lower return vs. the lower requirement, the percent gain is not that much different.

calculations a) and b) are for uncovered positions only. Ther could be a case where the short uncovered is so far out of the money that the requirement with a) or b) or c) would be smaller. but even with an 80 point spread, if the max risk is the spread the why require more.

Yes...in your example. a) and b) Are the excgange margin requirements for Equity and Narrow Based Index options for short "Uncovered" positions. c) would be the brokers minimum requirement. Many of the firms I have worked for have a $250/contract + 100% of the options current value...

The requirements on the call Credit Spread is the point spread, just as you calculated your "max risk" or the -10,000 that would be the amount of cash you'd need to have in the account or the amount of excess equity you have to have if trading on margin. Margin interest would only be charged...

No Corporations pay taxes, never have never will.

It's only a Free Ride if you don't have the money.

Your assumption that the stock is worth $4600 on the put exercise is incorrect. That may be the price it was "Put" to you but the market price could be lower.

What about the: Long Call Condor Short Call Condor Long Put Condor Short Put Condor And what is called the Long Iron Condor , Long the Body, short the Wings. CBOE option margin manual.

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