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That's why I am asking for a better software, right? Or at least, customize the IB stuff into Excel sheet so we could create our own functionalities?

I saw in the news today people are buying (or selling) JPM straddles. I wanted to long some straddle too. However, is there a way to figure out whether the quoted price is already too high or not? If the quoted price is already too high, maybe I should short the straddle? The...

Correct me if I am wrong. But still there are many things that TWS Option Trader doesn't offer. For example, it doesn't have the "imaginary" scenario analysis, for helping make decisions. Doesn't it?

Hi all, I am using InteractiveBrokers TWS for trading options. However it scatters all around and does not conveniently show at what price I entered and at what price I exited. Moreover, I would like to have more detailed information about my entrance and exit, and the greeks at various time...

Hi all, I am using InteractiveBrokers TWS for trading. However it scatters all around and does not conveniently show at what price I entered and at what price I exited. Moreover, I would like to have more detailed information about my entrance and exit, etc. along with the market-wide...

But MS had been on a upward trend, what made it so?

Who will declare? How to declare? What about MS itself?

Normally, the buyer/payer will suffer after merger and acquisition. That's true. But in this case, I do see both will benefit from the deal...

How to play that volatility on Monday? And only for one day? How about MS?

What are your forecasts about MS and Citi tomorrow?

Anybody shed some lights onto this?

When did the news come out? After market on Friday? Is it too late to get into long C? ---------- For MS, it should still be positive, right?

I've read that article too. But got no clue and couldn't evaluate the significance to both sides.

Any way of evaluating the significance of the the merger of their brokeage units?

Hi all, I have traded stocks and options and now wanted to explore into FOREX. Anybody give me some starting pointers such as good articles and books to read? Is it that I just bet USD will go stronger and long it and wait a few months for it to go up? That sounds like too slow to me...

Thanks folks. Still, I would appreciate if anybody can tell me how to practice the knowledge learned from Nataberg's book in day-to-day trading?

Thanks Mark for your insightful pointers. But still I don't see how would BS and greeks help me in retail trading... Any thoughts?

Wow, I admit I am not flexible at this moment because I only know math without knowing how to use them for retail trading. Are you saying that you have been successfully using those math at the retail level and still constantly found arbitrage opportunity and consistently making superior...

Thanks. Well I am not first timer with options. I know the math behind options, since I am a math guy. However, those hedging stuff are for institutional investors and banks. I don't see how those math and concepts can be used in retail/individual trading. For example, we all know BS...

Thanks a lot Dr_Sean. Belated Happy New Year to you! Sorry it took me so long to digest your post and reply -- I just came back from a vacation trip. Q1. "Cohen was making around $100,000 a day for the company. " How did he do that? Q2. Do you know why RT was performing so well...