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They deserved to be. Only if you're absolutely 100% convinced you're not gonna get screwed that you hold on to credit spreads all the way through to expiration (and for how much more extra profit?). The markets will hurt almost everyone no matter what position they have taken.. I doubt...

Which is why you close all positions on Thursday well before trading stops. I mean how much more profit can you really squeeze out in the last half hour or so of trading? It's not very smart.

Still lots of companies use VB for risk software development. A few years ago, when I was interviewing, all they did was throw in some VAR based on log-normal distribution at 99.99% C.I. Now that shit's happened, they use some form of stable distribution and code that in. LOL!! So yeah VB...

Thanks for that spreadsheet! Yeah C# is definitely nice but unless you're gonna do some full-fledged marketable product, I'd stick with VB. I've used C# a while back at a software company I worked at. Mostly database stuff. I didn't like it THAT much- partly cuz it's half assed. VB is...

You bring up excellent points about its charts. They're not what I've hoped they'd be but I'm fine with it. I use TOS for live charts sometimes. As for multi leg orders (I'm usually only trading flys, verticals), they're quite simple to trade. I haven't really tried anything crazy beyond...

Hmm... I actually find it quite good. I trade flies as well and verticals (mostly) and I find it easy to use. Order entry is a breeze and cancellation and updates are quite brilliantly simple. Perhaps it's just me. I'll admit I use the paper trade version of ThinkOrSwim to see the risk...

My contention is that if you're so unsure about the trade that you have to squeeze out the last few cents- don't trade it. Yeah I've been hit with cancellation fees but they're tiny- especially if the profits are nice. I love IB and it's platform. Takes a bit of getting used to and their...

Really? Wow... and here I thought people had learnt their lessons... That's no different than an astrologer in the monsoon- anyone can predict rain in the next day with a 90% accuracy. It's the impending ugly typhoons that noone in Bangladesh (or world across) seems to predict and prevent...

This thread is sad. Sad. Sad sad sad...

Looks more like this: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE NAME OF THE FIGHTER

Perhaps the solution for you is to post your trades in the journals section? There, you actually have a legitimate spot to exhude your trading skills- you have a lot of followers it seems. Please don't Cohodize this forum !

Lol @ "still, am not convinced he was not half serious". :D With all due respect to the experienced traders here, I'd make a safe bet that while you guys are probably pretty fkin good at what you do, lets face it, you do suck at a few things here and there. Sniffing out bad jokes is...

Hey, if it was a single order executed on different exchanges, then IB's smart routing will route it so that your average still comes out to 0.70 cents a contract. In my experience, that is.. I've noticed that with some of my trades too. So for you, your 10 contracts got filled for a total of...

Wow, I can't believe how my feeble attempts at a joke have gone past so many... Understanding sarcasm is difficult I guess

Nope, you're wrong spindr0. You CAN assign probabilities. I mean, have you ever used ThinkOrSwim's ANALYZE tab that gives the probability of expiring OTM and prob of touching a particular strike? It also gives max profit, max loss and those probabilities. It uses a normal distribution to...

Wow, such huge price discrepancy? I havent noticed that yet.

Brilliant!

So... the stock's headed to $800? Wow! Do you realize that some of that $3600 will be lost along the way even if the stock goes up? It'll gain some and then also lose lose... if it crawls to $750 in the next year then you will make money but not without much agony. I suggest going shorter...

the verdict has been passed: noone here likes Reverse IC. *Calls the undertaker* "I got a couple cases of Reverse ICs here...yeah? tonight??... oh right away? .... sure, im bringing him right away....Thanks!"

FIGHT! FIGHT!! FIGHT!!! FIGHT!!!! --- This is fun. IB vs... everyone else.. Where's Tyler Durden?