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No. Look at the Put. If the dividend - interest carry cost, is greater than the value of the put, most traders would exercise the call. There is still normally a small open interest even with that condition.

Sorry, not going to happen. Fed funds are currently around .20%. They are not going to pay you interest of more than that unless it's a teaser rate. Most accounts pay near zero right now.

This is all I found: Agency REITs continue to recover after significant bounce following a sharp sell-off in the first few minutes of trade (Stock Price: 16.73 Change: -0.54) Briefing - Jul 29 at 09:58 Company Symbols: NYSE:NLY Debt ceiling uncertainty, possible U.S. credit...

In the US, SPY has the most volume and the tightest spreads. SPX also has a lot of volume, but the electronic markets are very wide.

Of course everyone wants their expenses for trading to be as close to zero as possible. If you're trading as a business, not as an investor, I feel you have to be concerned the the entire offering, including price. Which firm offers the best package of price and service that allows you to...

Your cost of capital, not risk free return is only one input into option pricing. And, unless your trading longer term options, normally the input in the model that is the easiest to value. That said, if you believe interest rates will rise quickly, you would want to put on reversals in leaps...

You can use financial futures and options on them to hedge an equity portfolio, but remember, you get no margin relief. So, when you get a profit in one, you can get a margin call in the other. This is not a good idea for small or leveraged accounts.

What kind of volume can you do per month that someone would offer you "cheap" commissions? What's cheap to you?

I thought you asked this before. If you fail on delivery, they can't buy you in unless the stock is trading. With regard to large accounts being treated differently, they are not. When you're trading in a margin account, the clearance firm is failing, not you. The short stock is in street name...

Penson does not have their own Real Time Margin calculator for external use, or their own platform. They allow for third party platforms. As the Introducing Broker, if your account has under $5mm, it is our responsibility to monitor margin, and the account holders responsibility to not use more...

The best thing to do is call and ask. Before the take over, they cleared through Penson. They might not have moved everyone over yet. Or, it has to do with the way you opened your account. I did a broker check of the name THINKORSWIM, and they are not currently a FINRA broker dealer, but TD is.

TOS is a platform owned by TD Ameritrade. So no, TOS is not a Introducing Broker to Penson. If you open an account with TOS, your opening an account at TD which is self clearing.

The website is not real time. It uses the close from the day before. Bob

It's my understanding that the restriction on two side markets for customers trading options, are rules on the exchanges, not an SEC rule. Because, if your account is labeled as "professional Customer," most option exchanges allow two sided markets. They charge extra for floor execution fees for...

I understand your concern. However, if you want to be a net seller of options, trading in a Reg-T account is very difficult. Also, PM is risk based, Reg-T is cash based. You can have a large position in PM that is hedged with limited risk and take advantage of the leverage, without having a...

To my knowledge, there is NO limitation to a "customer" entering a two side market on spreads. Spreads are either held at the broker or in the complex order book. They are not represented on the individual markets. With regard to GPV, is this a Reg-T or Portfolio Margin account?

An Introducing Broker (IB) is a broker dealer that has an IB relationship with a Prime Broker. The Prime Broker is where your cash and securities are custody and cleared. The IB offers the relationship to the Prime Broker for you. The IB becomes the next inline on the losses on your account, so...

With options, I would consider an "institutional" account one that trades more than 10K per month. Of course, someone that trades much less can end up with higher returns or a higher profit. But I'm trying to get an idea of what % of readers in this forum trade more than that level. Those...

If yes, do you trade in a Customer Portfolio Margin Account?

Every employee of every US BD has to report their trading activity. I can't believe people really do what your saying. I can tell you, it won't happen at my firm. We don't trade with or against our clients. We don't share their strategy.