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I like the pauses. The algo's are a bigger deal now and could cause what would be high volatility to turn into absolute chaos. I think people can agree that we want to KNOW what the actual price is in real time and be able to make decisions with valid, current data. It seems like the pauses...

More people have died from rabies in the US this year than from the corona virus.

I agree with Hafez. There is a repricing going on here but the uncertainty is causing the volatility. We are starting to see very real economic impacts simply from the cancellation of so many events and travel and folks just basically staying home for some extended period until this blows over...

It's amazing the things we have to do just to achieve some basic and fair operation of the platform.

I've been there and had this happen to me. Here's the way I "fixed it" with IB. First off, the "sell the day before" advice does NOT work for me. If I have a 15 point SP fly, even at the midpoint the day before I'm not making beans. In fact I'm sometimes putting it on the day before expiry...

COVID-19 has a number of known mutations that have been noted already and the early PCR based tests had significant false positives. The mapping is far from done on the base virus, and the mutations are still emerging sporadically. And that's before anyone has thrown anything at it. At best...

Cancer is not ONE THING. It's more than 100 separate diseases generically categorized for easy understanding by the public. The general commonality is that at the cellular level, a single cell begins to grow in an abnormal way and then proliferates. If this happens in the brain, it's very...

It won't happen like that. It's like curing cancer. We won't ever have this giant headline that cancer is cured. It's more complicated. There will be trials that will be followed closely, good results and bad results. Even at this point a vaccine isn't a huge deal as it's only 2% fatal. The...

If your call to Amazon doesn't get you the result you are looking for, you can dispute it with the credit card company. Just give them a call and tell them what's happening. For you... you should know that something that is waaaaay too cheap on the interweb is very likely to disappoint you on...

I have power that you guys can only dream of. Nobody can reverse a rally like me - by going long. Same thing on the short side. Fortunately for you guys my goal is to fund all of you instead of making money for myself, since that's all I seem to do.

The SPX 3310 Call (expiring today) closed at 50 cents Monday. It hit $25 today just before the close.

Sounds bad. I use the oldest possible version of TWS. They literally have to threaten to come to my house or kill my account to get me to upgrade.

I haven't traded equities (just index options now) in over 20 years, and TSLA reminds me of why I left and never looked back. I hope you guys are making some $$$ on all of this.

I don't think it's going too far. The plagues of old were far along before the medical professionals knew what was in front of them. This thing is not THAT contagious and most everyone has freaked out enough to get a handle on it. Only 2% of people that get it die from it. China is pumping...

As others have said, there's no money in it for all the reasons they've laid out. It's the new world economy. Sites that make you buy credits to talk to people - along with other monetizing efforts - are the ones making money.

Having watched this for some years myself, I think you have it. I'm not sure precisely what happens at IB, but you are correct that the margins seem to be adjusted at 2pm and during the overnight break. It seems obvious, but it's generally following the change in the VIX since the last...

That pricing sounds about right. A comparable e-mini spread 50 pts ITM right now 30 days out is about $37. It's mostly the spiking VIX that isn't helping, but the DTE is only a few days less than when you put it on relative to expiration. Long fat tails!!

Take some time and find an area where you are comfortable (options, equities, currencies, commodities, whatever) and then paper trade some ideas that you are thinking of running for a good while. When you think you have something, put $10K - $20K in it and see what happens. If you are going to...

I haven't heard of that happening in my area as the rules prevent it. Even if someone makes 3X their annual salary, the retirement calculation is based on the annual salary. I would have to believe that any jurisdiction that has rules to the contrary would quickly resolve such a loophole. The...

I saw them but I thought they were possums.