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Hi, I tried this on the IB Simulated Account: CSCO Sold 1 May 27.50 Call Sold 1 May 25.00 Put Sold the spread for a net credit of 0.73. I looked up the margin of this spread and it said it was only $520.80. Is that right? Are they using the new Portfolio Margin since the Simulated...

If you have an IB account, sign up for a Simulated Account and put on that position to see what your margin would be. It's FREE. If you don't have an IB account. You can still go to the IB website and log in through the Demo Account. The prices aren't live, but you can replicate the same...

RedOption?? They are through ThinkorSwim.

I may wrong in this....but I'll take a shot. When you are BUYING an ATM Straddle, you are hoping for the underlying to make a big move, but not sure which direction. When you are SELLING an ATM Straddle, you want the underlying to stay flat and trade in a range. I think they are two...

Can you give me an example? Let's for example ES is trading at 1452.75. I short the April 1440 Put @ 7.50. Where would I adjust?

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Are you sure you can trade ES options after hours? I always see the b/a on some options at 1.50 / 10, or something like that. It always gets fixed by market open.

What if you did this on a futures (ES) or even on a SSF? Then would it be wise to buy the future and sell an ITM covered call against it?

But, aren't ITM CC's better for adjustments? If the underlying does go down, you can always take the profit on the calls and just sell another ITM call.

Is there any advantage to either one? They both provide the same risk profile and margin, right? The only reason I can think to a sell a ITM Covered Call would be if the stock paid dividends, or if it was in an IRA. Are there any other reason? Thanks.

How did it go?

When they see on my resume that I have a Series 3, do you think they would pass on the application? Maybe I'm just being paraonoid.....lol.

Oh ok. That's what I looked at. So I'm assuming all positions will be cash settled as well then? Thanks for your help.

Do both the ES Futures Contract and the ES Options contract both expire at the same time? Let's say I'm short the ES Futures and Long a March ES Option, do the both expire at 3:15 on March 16th? Thanks Daytrader85

Buy some puts, sell call spreads or naked calls(if you can handle the margin).

Has anyone dealt with Hold Brothers? I know there have been other threads about Hold Brothers, but they are very old, so I'm thinking some information might be outdated. I'm looking at the Chicago office. If anyone has any experience, please share. Thank you. Kartik

I didn't want to copy from Excel and paste it here and do all the formatting again, so I just attached it. Take a look at it and see if its right. Thanks. P.S. I read your profile in the Futures Magazine November 2006 edition. Very cool!

What's the difference between the two if you would like to start one of them? To start a CTA there is a $750 registration fee. But for a CPO, there is only a $200 registration fee. Could I do the same things as a CPO that a CTA does? Thanks.

Here is what I have, with smaller numbers. Please let me know if these calculations are right. Let's assume the account was opened in December 2006 with $5,000. To Calculate December 2006 Incentive Fee: Previous Balance $5,000.00 With/Add...

Does anyone have experience with this firm? How is thier training program? Is it a paid training program? Thanks. Daytrader85