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Actually, I would value it at $890 margin. Where did they get $885 ($115 net proceeds)?

That's a great snapshot. Thank you. So it looks like the margin for that GOOG trade would be $885 at Optionsxpress. That's how I would calculate it. Seems like some brokers want to charge the whole $1000 as margin. Much appreciated.

Please help try to clarify my question while I talk with my broker at the same time. It is concerning margin requirements for an options spread. If I sell a hypothetical 5 point wide option spread for 1 point, and the points are $100, should I be charged $500 collateral to hold the spread or...

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thank you very much for the quick response. this is great.

Can anyone direct me to info about the ICE? I use esignal too but I can't find any info on it. Does the ICE offer the NYMEX products? Are they trading futures and options? Trading during day hours or after-hours as well? Thanks.

Anyone know if NYMEX options are trading, or will be trading during the after-hours session? ICE? I know side by side trading will occur during open-outcry hours, but can't seem to find anything about options trading during after-hours. I know the futures are traded on Access during...

luh3417, Can you point me to an area of IB's site that says their IRAs do not have the "usual" margin benefits, or at least somewhere that says no one is allowed to offer an IRA like that? I'm not disputing what you say, I just want to know for future reference in terms of what trades I...

It is an IRA, but it's a margin IRA. IB actually called me back and said that I was right and that they are looking into it. I had to send a screen shot of the margin requirement for the trade. Let's see what happens.....

Can anyone explain to me why IB would charge me a $5200 margin requirement on a naked put sell on ISE stock at a $22.50 strike price for 1 contract? The most I could lose is $2250 if I got assigned and the stock went to zero. The way IB explained it to me is that since the ISE stock is...

Figured it out for the most part. Cheers.

I'm trying to write on a chart to show where/why I took a trade. I figured out how to write the text, but I want to circle the trade area on the chart and make small arrows to show which trade bar I bought and sold on. Anyone know how to do this? I'm waiting for a live rep as I type this...

What symbol are you using for the underlying VIX to get the options on IB?

Anyone know if IB has these listed yet? Can't find any info.

Yes you're right, one install, 3 logins. That's what I meant, alanm.

That was it. Didn't dig deep enough. Thanks!

Maybe someone can help enlighten me. I've got 3 TWS's on my pc, one for each of 3 accts I watch. All are ver. 854.7 Two of them don't seem to have the columns for "OCA Group" or "P&L" available in the list. For the life of me I can't seem to find where those columns would be listed so I can...

Is anyone able to pull up the weekly options for SPX with IB? I type in SPX on a blank line and choose Jan '06 options but all I get are the regular monthly options as a choice. Can anyone advise on how to get these? IB support wasn't much help for me. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, So I sort of have a trade idea that I want to backtest but have no clue how to go abut doing it. It seems that many people use Tradestation for this? Any hints, tips, websites, other software that someone can recommend where I can get up to speed on how to test a trading strategy...