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Yeah, the dividend doesn't change the cash settlement price.

On July 19, ATVI has announced a non-scheduled dividend prior to and not contingent on the closing of the transaction (meaning Microsoft taking over ATVI for $95 a share) https://seekingalpha.com/news/3988687-activision-blizzard-inc-declares-missing-dividend. Being short a call at the take over...

I think it's already very hard as a retail trader to make more money than your costs. Implicit/explicit transaction costs on options are way more than on stocks, in general. So I also would say, again in general, it is not worth it.

Interesting, I don't see immediately what the edge is you are trying to exploit, since you are retail I expect it's mostly longer term/directional? The yield curve traders I knew would make their money from the bid ask spread.

Have a look at CQG autospreader to see some pro's tools

Somehow those kinds of arguments don't satisfy me. Basically it is saying (if the effect is big enough) there is your free lunch. Same argument as to why implied volatility ought to be higher than historical: "more demand than supply for long options". If that were true, I'd expect the effect...

Not day traders

Interesting thread about cash maintenance, something I have been very unfamiliar with. Could someone check if I understood correctly (more or less, and I am assuming here futures options and options on stocks work the same)? I have a Euro account at IB Ireland. Trading mostly US options on...

Would it be the same if I just get into a long eurodollar future expiring 6 months from now? Seems easier and more liquid.

Interesting. Now, how to profit from this?

opening/closing auction and unless you are a very big trader 0 slippage

long ATM put, long 50 shares, voila. https://www.optionsprofitcalculator.com/calculator/2-legs.html

Could you rephrase, please? Trying to figure out if there is something to do this post.

It would be beneficial to analyze how those losers lose. Is it because they have a canny foresight into future prices (but then the wrong way)? Or is it more likely they lose because of over-trading without an edge while paying commissions and bid ask spread, or they gamble too big positions...

Made it worse, I am just gonna make sure to not leave the orders tab open and I am good.

Just found out that when in the Activity Window the Orders tab is open (at least when some strategy orders are open), TWS starts hogging my CPU. Took a couple of hours, but sluggish TWS solved for now. Hope this saved some of you some time.

Fair enough. I liked "the book of why" regarding causal AI. On another note, my opinion on the subject is that financial data is too noisy and sparse (except in very high frequency) for any realistic advantage with AI for most investors. Never say never though.

What do you think of "causal AI" then?

Reason is I would like to set and forget.

I see, thanks. I do see in the picture in the bottom though, there's an option to select "ignore open auction". Implying open auctions are not ignored by default. I guess I'll have to dig deeper once I have an account. https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/orders/loo.php