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Assuming I wish to let the Put option expire out of the money, I can then ignore the "open position P/L" field regarding the change in option value since I purchased it? It will just "go away" upon exipiration? I will be only be "out" the premium. They will not "sell" the option at its...

Super. Sincere thanks for your patient explanation.

Makes sense to me. I assume I would also lose the premium in addition to the market value of the option(s) if it expired out of the money?

Thank you for your kindness,patience, and experience. It really solved my problem.

Interactive brokers says (on the phone): odd month options on emini convert to a front month futures contracts at expiration. front month options contracts "convert to cash" at expiration. Here is my question: Say I want to buy a feb or mar 1000 put on emini (obviously out of the...

Thank-you, Stockapprentice, I hope you are right. If anyone can confirm Stockapprentice's theory I would be deeply grateful. Manny

Interactive brokers says: odd month options on emini convert to a front month futures contracts at expiration front month options contracts "convert to cash" at expiration. Here is my question. I want to buy a feb or mar 1000 put on emini (obviously out of the money). I am perfectly...

Seth Are there "standard" contract months that are highly populated? Thank again, Manny

Thanks again for this great info. I will check the factors you mentioned before any trades.

Thank you so much for your help. Would he highest volume months be February, April, August, and October ? Or is there some rule to go by?

I am unfamiliar with the mini Gold (CBOT ) contract but as I look at the Jan,Feb,March and April daily charts(all for 2004) in Tradestation, March looks totally empty, while both Feb and April are populated by full bars. Is there a reason for this? Many thanks for your help... Manny

Instuments are: TTH (avg vol 94,000 shares) OIH (average volume, 1,730,000 sh) The broker is a well-known broker with a top ranking on this site. I like them and I don't want to be thought of as unduly criticising them. I am just wondering if someone knows how I can reliably short ETFs

<<This can happen at any broker and especially with the smaller, less frequently traded, and less liquid stocks/ETF's>>> These ETFs do 100,000 shares or more /day. I re-post my original question: is there a broker who can get these trades done for me?

Natalie... then why did my broker say this to me in an email? <<Borrowing stock for short sales are on a" first come first server basis". We have a limited number of shares in inventory, once that is depleted we no longer have shares available. If you have any further questions, please...

Are some brokers better then others for shorting ETF's? My broker seems to be unable to fill me. ETFs: TTP, OIH