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SWhiting and Dagnyt. Thanks to you both.

Today I sold a SPY 90 Put for 4.25 pts that expires November 21st. Assuming the market goes below 90 before then, and the option buyer exercises it, how will I know that I've been assigned 100 shares at 90? Once I'm assigned, am I then safe to sell a call against the 100 shares I'm long? How...

I sold a SPY 64 put for 1pt about 2 weeks ago. It is now around .06pt. It expires on Nov 21. I placed the order and a reminder that a cancellation fee would be charged popped up. Does anyone know what this is or how much. Also, can I save another commission by letting this thing just expire? Thanks

I sold a SPY 64 put for 1pt about 2 weeks ago. It is now around .06pt. It expires on Nov 21. I placed the order and a reminder that a cancellation fee would be charged popped up. Does anyone know what this is or how much. Also, can I save another commission by letting this thing just expire? Thanks

I have two SPY naked puts. One is at 700 and the other is at 64. My margin requirement is only $1600. Shouldn't it be $13400 based worse case scenario for each option. $7000 for the 700P and $6400 for the 64 put ???

Yesterday I sold a November SPY 64Put for 1.05pts. If prices today were to go up, and my put was selling for .50pt, if I put an order in to BUY a 64Put for .50pt and it were executed, I'd be flat, and would have collected $50 bucks. I wouldn't have two positions, correct ??? Thanks Joshua

Yesterday I sold a November SPY 64Put for 1.05pts. If prices today were to go up, and my put was selling for .50pt, if I put an order in to BUY a 64Put for .50pt and it were executed, I'd be flat, and would have collected $50 bucks. I wouldn't have two positions, correct ??? Thanks Joshua

Would someone please tell me what the trading hours are for Spdr S&P 500 stock and SPY options. Do either of them trade overnight at all??? What's the exact time?

I'm went at looked at UYG chart. I'd like to know also. Thanks for bringing it up. I'm sure somebody on ET knows.

Does anyone know if the following stocks can hypothetically go to zero like IBM or MOT, or are they going to be always worth at least something like cotton or sugar futures. Can these markets be corned at the bottom is what I'm getting at. iShares MSCI Taiwan Index (EWT) iShares MSCI...

On IB, I have a choice in the optiontrader platform that allows me to pick SPY as the underlying. It then gives me 8 exchanges to choose from. I'm assuming that I need to highlight 'smart', but 'AMEX' works as well. There are only small differences in the bid and ask, but there are differences...

Does the e-mini Russell 2000 (ER-2) have a stock equivalent the same way E-mini SP does with SPY, Dow with DIA, and NQ with QQQQ?

On IB, I have a choice in the optiontrader platform that allows me to pick SPY as the underlying. It then gives me 8 exchanges to choose from. I'm assuming that I need to highlight 'smart', but 'AMEX' works as well. There are only small differences in the bid and ask, but there are differences...

What time do the spdr options open? Is it 930 AM eastern

If I sold OEX OTM puts and they went below the options strike price, what would the exercising of the option leave me with as far as an underlying goes. I know if I sell E-Mini S&P puts I'd be assigned the futures contract, but I don't know what the OEX options would leave me with if anything

I'm looking for software that charts historical volatility and implied volatility on stocks and their options. I'd also like a recommedation to any website that ranks the top 10 fast moving markets of the day after prices have closed.

I recently watched a webinar where the instructor said, "Professionals write options to get in and out of stocks. I only buy stocks when i'm assigned a OTM put I wrote, and I only take profits (get out of a stock) by writing OTM calls against my positions." Obviously this is paraphrased. For...

Would someone please guide me to whoever is considered the authority on writing put options on inexpensive stock and turning around and selling calls against the positon if the original put written gets assigned. I once viewed a webinar where the instructor made the comment, that he only buys...

I appreciate everybody getting back to me with their thoughts. How did we survive before Elitetrader ????

I'm currently in the process of building a trading method to backtest, which goes long stock, with an ITM put as protection. So if I go long 100 shares of XYZ at 50, and then simultaneously purchase a 55 or 60 put for protection, I'm then hoping the market will go up above my put protection...