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Def, I finally figured out how to get my vertical spread entered through some trial and error. Still don't understand why the manual talks about "buying" for a credit and entering the spread amount with a negative number? Why is that?

Ok, I'm looking for help entering an option spread order in IB's TWS. I want to sell a call credit spread. I've read the user's manual on how to do this. IB offers 4 ways to input the debit or credit amount which doesn't make sense. They're talking about buying or selling for a credit as 2...

Tender Andy, In order to find the theo. value of an option you need to input some kind of "volatility" number. This volatility number can either be the underlying asset's "historical volatility", or an "implied" or "future" volatility that you come up with. So you must either calculate the...

Anyone magically lose a trading page in TWS? I had an options trading page set up for VZ options in my TWS that's been there for weeks. And today it mysteriously is no longer there. I didn't delete it and no one else has access to it, nor have I upgraded to the latest version. Makes me...

Anyone using Optionstation? Looks decent for data purposes and having an all-in-one options package. I like to scour the web for new options programs. Do they give a free trial? Any response is appreciated. Thanks.

I created a new option chain page layout within TWS and couldn't figure out how to simply change the underlying stock symbol to get a new option chain for a different stock. Well, apparently, the "clear all" button which is along the top of the chain is not visible if you have TWS on a single...

It seems that everytime a question about futures options gets asked, no one wants to address the issue. I'm talking about esignal's option chains for pit-traded commodities like soybeans, crude oil, coffee, etc. Why doesn't the columns for "expiration date", "implied volatility", "gamma"...

Saxon, Thanks for the interest but I got it figured out. It seemed that if I did protect the sheets, I wasn't able to alter some of the cells which I need to do, if it included a formula in it. I had to go into the tools>options menu and uncheck a box. Anyway, all is good now.

How about working on some of the pit-traded commodity option features that have been neglected for so long. Why don't the "greeks" columns in the option chains give any values for commodity options? Things like soybean options, crude oil options, coffee options, etc. How about adding a "days...

Hey all, I'm using the newest version of Excel (I'm no expert), and want to keep my worksheets unprotected, but the cells end up having a small triange in the upper-left part of the cell if left unprotected. Anyone know how to keep a worksheet unprotected without these little triangles...

You've just described the strategy of "naked put selling". This is a strategy that can be done at different risk levels. What you're doing is selling "out-of-the-money" puts in hopes of buying a desirable stock at a lower price. So while you wait for the stock to possibly trade lower to the...

Hey All, I'm looking for any websites or software, free or fee, that will will help me scan for stocks with moving average parameters that I want to input. I've used marketscreen.com, but those scans are pre-defined. My needs are simple, but just haven't found the right site yet. Any tips...

Forget that last question, easily figured out. Didn't do enough research. Sorry to waste anyone's time

Hey all, Is there a way to set up a bracket trade in TWS for a stop loss and a profit target after I've already executed the trade? I know how to do it all at the same time before I execute the trade, but what about after the trade has been done? Any help appreciated.

Has there been any fix to the fact that you can't view the regional options feature if you're subscribed to delayed futures exchanges? I don't see how one is connected to the other, and the fact that I pay for real-time options doesn't allow me to see all the options exchanges' bids/asks...

Thanks for the replies everyone.

Any esignal users having problems connecting today? I can't even access the website. I've rebooted a few times with no luck. All my other internet-related stuff is fine. Can't figure it out. And I can't reach live rep either.

Anyone else having a problem with this type of bug in TWS: I click on an option's bid or offer, change the price to whatever limit price I want, and then as I right-click to execute the trade, the price changes back to the original bid/offer price and then executes at the original price...

Anyone using TWS's latest version? Is there a way to get rid of the "Last Login" box at the lower left corner? Don't really want it, need it, or care about the time that I last logged in. Thanks anyone.

It seems that you cannot have the regional options feature along with delayed futures exchanges at this time. I like to check all the options exchanges for quotes, but was unable to watch the pit-traded futures on a delayed basis. At this point, you have to choose one or the other. I opted to...