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Assume that you perfectly know what is the AVERAGE real return of a stock, say 1% monthly. But you don' t know what will be the distibution of the future outcomes (you assume they are lognormal). Is it possible to capitalize this knowledge with options trading? For example: manager A...

How much margin is required? Assume I have $50000 in my account and want to short 100000 share of a 0.1 penny stock, how much will ib charge for? tnx P.

Hi guys, is it possible to sell short microcaps and penny stocks? And if so, which brokers allow this? tnx P.

Question: is it possible to sell short OTCBB penny shares?

I trade successfully fx options with Saxo from Jan 2005 (dubled my money in less than 2 years), however spreads are large compared to big investments banks. If you don't have the amount to go with big banks (minimum acc. is $250000) try with a retail broker. You will be profitable only if you...

you can look at swap prices of similar maturity

Use excel future=1/(spot*exp((jpy rate-usd rate)*maturity of future in years)) note: jpy and usd rates are the market consensus at maturity

If you have a long position in USD/CHF and a long one in GBP/USD for the same amount then you have an outright long position in GBP/CHF.

I'm wondering if anyone has tried it Any thought?

You forgot delta trading. You can always replicate option p/l using underlyng.

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I guess 23 Sept., but it could be 21 Sept. I find this statement not very clear: "Seventh business day preceding the last business day of the delivery month" I'm not a native english speaker. However thanks for your help. P. :)

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Forget doing this with a retail broker. Don't waste your time, 3 currency arbitrage is not available for standard traders.

If you can exchange 1 dollar for 100 Yen and 1 dollar for 2 Euros, than you can argue that 1 Euro can be exchanged for 50 Yen.

Is there anyone using UBS to trade fx options? I see on their demo that when you buy/sell you delta hedge your position, i suppose to reduce exposure. Is this a common feature in fx option trading? Is it possible to trade non standard expiries (eg today Jun 17 can I buy 1,000,000 eurusd call...

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