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Gamma is the rate of change of delta by moves in the underlying, right? I think you can do "What if" scenarios like you are looking for in TWS. I don't recall what they call it.

Natenberg, "Option Volatility and Pricing"

It looks like your strategy is basically creating synthetic call options and borrowing to pay for it. You're going to also have to account for the theta on the long puts in addition to the interest.

PM doesn't affect the interest paid on debits or received on credit balances. It's the same payout schedule as regular accounts.

Strictly low end food, but delicious and unique to NYC Katz's Deli for pastrami (Lower East Side) Murrays Bagels for bagels (Chelsea) I'll defer to the locals for club info.

Very clever of companies like Apple/Netflix/Hulu to train viewers that very low bitrate streaming or downloadable content is just as good as high-bitrate broadcast tv or cable. It seems convenience and price beats quality. Sure it's 1080i or 720p, but do you think a 2gb download has as much...

How do you get around the fees for cancels at iB? Or are you getting enough fills that it doesn't matter?

SLV/GLD are shares in an entity that holds physical gold. The futures price on forward gold for delivery in X months, so there's a financing/carry differential priced into the futures. There would be a risk-free arb if you could buy gold today and for delivery in 12 months for the same price...

You can look up the short stock indicative rate for each position in Account Management beforehand, but it all gets aggregated on your statement. It's going to be the same rate on your credit balance, unless you're short hard to borrow stuff that accrues negative interest.

Not really unless the world comes to an end. You have an economic interest in some silver bars minus fees when you invest in the ETF. You have the same economic interest when you hold the silver bars yourself, except you have to transport and store them yourself.

Why are y'all so hard on the kid? If his credentials are less than stellar than that just means he's going to have to work harder than everyone else.

Delaware law is very friendly to corporations. It's going to be more expensive because you'll pay fees to both DE and CA. The CA ones are quite high.

+1. Exclude stuff under a certain price, but keep in mind that you might be excluding stocks that never split but were actually trading that low too.

What are you trading on it now? I assume you didn't just write a custom platform hoping just to sell it to people as a service.

I agree with the others. Forward oil would be a cleaner way to play it, and you won't have to hammer any nails or pickup any rent.

Umm, try Zillow before asking us here? How about Detroit, East St. Louis, or a zillion rural towns in flyover states?

You should also consider the prices of stuff apples to apples as well. Most Americans see sticker shock when they go to the capital cities of Europe, such as your $3 soda. But you might also pay $3 for a soda in NYC vs. whatever you pay in a small town here too. Plus the issue of the VAT being...

Definitely, but nowadays you're getting screwed 20% cheaper on EURUSD :) My solution to the high cost of currency exchange is to use the ATM. Also, I never take out small amounts. I don't mind hitting the ATM once for 500 EUR and just keeping the leftover currency for the next trip. Call it a...

Income history on your tax returns. For standard mortgages they average the last two years results. You're out of luck if both years are losers. That's why they developed the Alt mortgage products like stated income/assets, etc, but good luck getting one at attractive rates now.

You're not going to see anywhere close to 60 channels on DTV with an antenna unless you live in a major metro area.