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interest cost and spread =>> which is the put value in reality not theory. If you buy the underlying at 100, it costs more money to fund this that something that cost only 20. (wait until interest rates rise again) Plus why would you expect anyone to sell you this without taking something for...

This comment is spot on. If you applaud grandma, but also think that she will one day blow up with her size then keeping your account at the same broker as her is risky business.

An optometrist I know suggests to exercise the eyes to help prevent eye strain. every 20 mins or so refocus on different distances - even if done quickly, its a good habit, and keeps them healthy.

sle - sorry for the late reply - missed this. A: not necessarily. I was more referring to individual stocks as opposed to introducing the index. Hence, if you are trading a stock that moves suddenly with a major shift in the market, then the rule of thumb was to buy rather than sell for that...

Hey Derpoof - really ??? derrr - see if you can follow the numbers. 2) I know it was ITM. Which makes it expensive to unwind if it was right near expiry with little risk. I was pointing out the risks associated with leaving it until the last minute and still be left with problems. ...but hey...

well thank you mr bleeding obvious. When the OP says the spread is worth 5 - when clearly its not- and he is asking about the choices of letting both legs expire ITM then its a reasonable assumption to assume it is expiry and at or right on expiry. Otherwise he is simply complaining that he...

Gee - Sorry for being an idiot and admitting there is maybe another side to the story, or evidence I might not have known and then changing my view when presented with contrary evidence. I also must apologise for showing you equivalent evidence that that police have changed as well. Thats...

oldnemisis gives a good explanation, and i understand IB should net out the positions. Also think about it this way. You exercise the long ITM calls and are then long stock. You expect the short ITM calls to be exercised and this should close the long.... what happens if they dont get...

dont get too caught up with theoretical PL. The market prices you can get out at (mark to market) or leaving it to expiry in which case exercises settle it is pretty much the ultimate PL. No matter what theoretical model you are using. Yes you can finese, but just because models give...

if Bitcoin is 'outlawed' in Canada then yes - I get your point, but from what I see its not. On that same note - here is the same story where the police are investigating. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-bitcoin-flexcoin-idUSBREA2503F20140306 "Flexcoin had earlier on Wednesday...

but if you tell the police something and they say its a scam (regardless of it being bitcoin or a fraudulent player in bitcoin, it being Natl policy) and then do nothing -wtf good are they ....whoosh

gotta love it. Police decide something is a scam (ie; criminal) but then say too bad we wont help. Sounds like the UK My wife was taken by some guys doing a rental scam, we took in evidence, bank accounts in a personal name etc. The police said - sorry not much we can do. (I understood...

took 2 seconds "interactivebrokers auto exercise" http://ibkb.interactivebrokers.com/tag/exercisedelivery http://ibkb.interactivebrokers.com/article/1718 https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=deliveryExerciseActions&p=optionEx

there is a whole series of them on u tube if you want more.

It depends on what you are actually trading for. If I understand you correctly making a few assumptions from your post.... These are all theoretical prices and not market prices otherwise the PL should not really change between variations of the model if you are using market to market...

FWIW an old rule of thumb I was taught in equities - a sudden large move in the market is more likely to be followed by further large moves in individual stocks. whereas - a sudden large move in an individual stock usually requires some consolidation. Hence there are often times buying...

very good point..... If your timing was so spot on that paying market orders made sense all the time then you dont really have much to worry about. Sometimes you will scare prices a little if you have serious size, but if you know the market, often it provides the MM a teaser and something to...

nothing new here..... "In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women." - scarface

I had to laugh....good comment - however, I should update my new location, while its not really a priority of late....It is not the UK....

justtrading - thanks. Its happening again today and it definitely seems to be more noticeable in TWS. The other data feed I have coming in is ticking along while TWS freezes. However - there are times both freeze, and given the TWS is probably downloading more data there is probably simply a...