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MTE - thank you for your help. I sure appreciate it. Is there something I should look for in the future that would make a married Put more helpful to the position ? I guess I am a little confused as , in general, the "married put" is, I assumed, the very basic reason why options were invented...

This may not be the correct forum for this question. It is about a Put option I bought along with a long position in British Pound Futures. In previous trades, when my position went against me, I could usually count on making up about 1/3 of it in option gains. This time the option gain has...

Thank-you for all replies. I sure appreciate the help.

When I use IB to select a futures option on the British Pound, for instance Globex British Pound Puts, I get two classes of options: “XB” and “6B” . Can someone explain the difference between these option types? Thanks, Manny

Thank-you for the excellent and informative replies. I appreciate your help.

Is there a way to trade the US Dollar Index on Interactive Brokers? If so, may I ask, what symbol that would be?

Nov JPY .0865 Calls trading at .000067 Multipliier=2,500,000 Does this mean the premium is 170? Did I understand the multiplier correctly?

Can someone explain to me why the NG continuous contract is up 12% and ETF UNG is down .30% today (9/25) at 9am Central time?

I may be able to help you. I have been programming Easylanguage for some years. You can send me a personal message if you like, with your email.

Are there still weekly ET Chicago people getting together? Where/When?

There are a number of clubs in Chicago. The Chicago Traders Group is meeting this Saturday, June 16. There are also a number of other clubs. You can private message me and I will give you my email.

I saw a great video (Google or Youtube) on multiple systems, and how to invest during CTA drawdowns using some very high-end software, which looked great. Lots of interesting stats of combined system equity curves, etc. But the video is gone now. Anyone know about this very expensive ($25,000+)...

I post my favorite books on my site. These books contain systems which I have actually made money with, or which have had good results in testing, even though I tried to break them.

In my own stock trading I now use two factors in determining my position size: my distance to the stop loss , and a bet-sizing algorithm. Email me and I can direct you to a spreadsheet for this.

Nice trading. And great recordkeeping. I have some macros that generate trading stats. I ran them for yours: Net Profit $6,964.00 AvgWin $385.42 AvgLoss $119.67 AvgWin/AvgLoss 3.22 Gross Profit $7,323.00 Gross Loss $359.00 Profit Factor 20.40 Pct Profitable 0.73 Pct To Risk 0.65 I...

That's great Kostia. Thank you so much for clarifying. Manny

I want to avoid having to re-enter my stops every morning. Assuming I am long a US stock and I select "Time in Foce"=GTC as well as checking the box labeled RTH will this keep my orders active even overnight or if I quit TES, while executing them only during Regular Market hours? Thanks... Manny

I am having trouble getting a stop-limit to execute on Interactive Brokers. Today I was long 100 sh of PLCE with a stop-loss (Stop limit) order in at $47.29 ,with a limit price around 47.10 I think. The “Last Price” traded repeatedly through (above to below) 47.29 without taking me out...

Sincere thanks Jessie

Def Thank you so much for your simple, direct answer. It is not as easy to get "the truth" as some might think. May I ask two quick follow-ups: 1) are the automatic conversions of In-the-money options to futures true of any monthly e-mini S&P options expiration, regardless of it being...