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In ToS, try /ES for the E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures. There are series with 1 day left, 2 days left and 9 days left. Not identified as weeklies, but I don't trade it so I don't know the nomenclature.

I use ToS. I paper traded for five months with them before funding my account. It has great analytical tools, graphics, and trade execution. So the cost of learning to trade with a great tool set is essentially zero. (Your time is worth something).

My understanding is that: 1. Each leg may be filled by a different supplier. 2. If the price of the combo is right, the price of each leg is irrelevant. I would think that this adds flexibility in fills. 3. If the price of the combo is not good, fills will be problematic irrespective of...

I trade credit spreads with ToS. I frequently get partial fills. Is this not evidence that order size is irrelevant in this circumstance? Today, for example, all but 2 contracts in my order were filled over several minutes. The priced moved away from my limit, so I changed the order to get...

Is it HFT in general that concerns you or just some of the processes that are subject to abuse with HFT algos? I'm too ignorant on the subject to have any opinion.

I paper traded index options credit spreads for 5 months before moving to small money trading. There is a lot to learn about options in general and credit spreads in particular.

Any successful trading requires a successful strategy and a competent trader. A successful system will still lose money when used by an incompetent trader. The most likely part of the system to break is the trader. If you used a successful strategy but lost money, I would be concerned about...

How would you use it? If you don't know, it is of no use. If you have an idea, share it and we can comment on it's usefulness (or not) in context.

What?!?!

More than I could manage. :(

Thanks

Thank you.

Binaries have not been on my radar. I will enjoy following this thread. Thanks for starting it.

What attracts you to binaries except perhaps novelty?

Please be more explicit on how you use this graph to inform your options trading decisions.

Anyone interest in tackling one or both of the following which are closer to techniques I have actually used?Two strategies on the same instrument. Correlation < 1. Different probabilities for each strategy. Trade if either triggers.Three strategies as above, but at least two out of three agree...

I pretty much get the rights of investors/partners. However, is he not subject to SEC supervision because of number of partners or way it was sold or both? I recall complaints that the SEC ignored, however, would they have discovered the fraud had they enforced their right (if they have it) to...

This is a question out of ignorance. What are the challenges associated with auditing the trading accounts to verify or refute Maydoff's claims?

What are you trying to learn with your trades? If you have a hypothesis to test based on what you have read here and elsewhere, write it down, execute one or more trades with it and document your results. Is there a correlation of results with your hypothesis? Why do you think so? Your...

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