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Based on my observations, I think the greek values are real time or very close to it, but I don't know if they are using a straight midpoint of the bid-ask or something more complicated. Intra-day, I'm keeping a close eye on net delta by underlying and liquid products like corn, crude or...

Doobs - You mentioned Interactive Brokers. Are you using their Risk Navigator? Over the last half-year or so they've added greeks at every level so your portfolio can now be sliced and analyzed by: - individual option contract, e.g. Dec corn 500P (at this level you also see IV) - total...

I think you mean it's a "dime a dozen" movie as in when yours truly bought his first BMW and his former boss said something like, "Nice, but these days the 3-series is a dime a dozen." What a rat bastard thing to say. We're still friends, though, and now I tease him about his chick car - an...

I wish I had a nickle for every time someone said that. Makes ya' wonder if the IB reps on Elite Trader report back to their bosses "we don't need to invest in options analysis capabilities because our customers get it for free from TOS and then trade with us." For the original poster...

Here is the complete ad-free review of ONLINE retail brokers Note: The thread title should have "online" not "option" but it was too late to change or delete. It might be linked to/referenced in another thread, but I scrolled through the active thread topics back to March 1st and couldn't...

I know what you meant, but it's funny, too. Can't wait for the new ad campaign: "Interactive Brokers: Rated No. 1 Online Broker by Barrons and just as good as a bucket shop"

Here's an update/review: I spent a lot of time going through this application and I recently started a demo of the paid versions. With a demo, you can switch at will between Personal Standard Edition ($99/mo) and Personal Professional Edition ($299/mo). I'm interested in the Standard Edition...

Are you Nick Leeson? :p

OptionsXpress (now part of Schwab) is a decent home for long-term capital appreciation accounts like retirement money. In my experience, they'll match Scottrade at $6.95 for most stock txns and $10/side for 10 options contracts. I still keep some money there (IRAs), mostly for broker...

This calls for a special option pricing model, in which hypothetical call option values are greatly influenced by the following input: *Are you (the CEO) boinking your secretary? Y/N

I think he's he's trolling. Consider how long he's been on the board and the level of the questions he's recently asked. They're Investing 101, or maybe Investing Preschool.

I've been pleasantly surprised at what CRB/BarChart offers for free these days. I've downloaded some US and foreign futures contract data. I think the US data is available about 6 pm US CT. http://www.barchart.com/historicaldata.php?sym=&view=historicalfiles&txtDate=

Oaktree Capital Group Llc (OAK), last $57.69 Tomorrow, 5/15 is the big day. Will it or won't it trade down approx $1.40/sh?

Thanks for the information. It sounds like you weighed some of the nice, but not essential, aspects of IB's systems vs. their FOP margin rules and they came up short. I'm not quite there yet. I've been using 22-30% of my futures account as margin (mostly FOPs, some futures spreads) and if IB...

Comintel - When you were shopping around for a new broker that gave better margins on futures options, did you have difficulty finding one that matched or exceeded IB for: 1. Risk reports - daily margin, stress test, VaR (the three reports you can run in IB Acct Mgmt)? 2. Portfolio...

I looked up the stock: Ex-Date 5/15/2013 Date of Record 5/17/2013 Payable 1.41 - QRTR Payable Date 5/21/2013 That's $2820 in dividends, so in addition to not knowing the rules, the poster chose a high yielding stock to short. I'd get out on Monday. Alternatively, the...

Hi George, I was just joking about the business idea. Intent, and especially humor, are often difficult to decipher on the internet. In the future, I'll try to write more clearly. If that fails, I will rely on visual aids: :) :D :p :mad: :eek: :confused:

For a contrasting opinion on the Oil Drum's "Red Queen" articles, I'd encourage you to look up "Red Queen" or "Michael Filloon" on Seeking Alpha. As far as I know, Filloon is self-educated when it comes to energy things (I think he worked in health care) but he does a lot of research, presents...

Doobs - You're right, it's futures options only and since they have a branding or distribution deal with the CME, they don't carry any ICE products. I've looked at it more closely and compared to free or low cost programs (usually ad-supported) or a basic program offered for 'free' by a...

George, You should start a business and call it "Don't spend $225 per month for DTN/Telvent because I can provide the same information for one-tenth of the price." Granted, the name doesn't roll off the tongue, but you can work on that. Some background: I recently used a demo version...