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Back months down .75 , I thought the limit was .50 , any insight?

Don't quote me on this, but I don't think they do. I was testing out some spreads in paper trader and its got the full margin on my ZW spreads I've been trading.

Futuresource.com , type in a symbol on the left (lets choose C) Brings up the futures chain, click on the first icon next to any month (the icon looks like a chart) To chart May '08 - May '09, type in ='C K8' - 'C K9' See attached pic. (its a crude oil spread chart, the only thing I...

If thats the case, then I stand corrected. Can someone else shed some light on this?

Your missing the point. You won't see the bid/ask on the spread improve when you submit your order. The possibilities for different spread orders are virtually limitless. The exchanges already bitch about bandwidth using pennies. How do you think they would handle thousands of more quotes for...

You do realize that IB is quoting the natural bid ask ; I. e. if you were to lift the 142 and hit the 144 don't you? The general public can't see the complex order book for the most part, but the CBOE lets you see the best bid/ask on complex orders. See link below. And no, its not IB's fault...

I think we can all agree that $10 wide spreads are not conducive to trading...

OMG! People hoarding on craigslist http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bar/650982972.html They must be working on some sort of genetically engineered version too, electrical rice : http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bar/650982972.html :)

United Parcel Service. Geez.

Pray tell, how do these guns increase our fuel prices? Can we stay on topic here? He hates it when people compare the two because its an apples to oranges comparison. The items being compared aren't similar enough to compare.

Called the Amex myself because I couldn't find anything anywhere. They said they have SEC/OCC approval, but are waiting on approval for the disclosure to trade them. Supposedly it was supposed to be done on 3/31, so its in the "any day now" stage.

gets pinned at 540.

Futuresource has them, can't vouch for the accuracy of them though.

Earnings.com . They keep the earning dates and dividend info for a handful of periods back. Very helpful.

Perhaps, but I thought it was valuable and it explained the concepts that I didn't understand.

http://www.global-derivatives.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=173&Itemid=41

We can't bog ourselves down with insignificant details like vol can we? :)

Div arb. "Footprints of this activity are readily evident in large spikes in call volume observed immediately prior to ex dividend days on stocks that pay large dividends." See attached paper, its really long but its an easy skim.

Agreed. Got my start with Cohen. If you've already got the basics, then look at some of the other recommendations (Cottle, Natenburg)

Don't plan on doing it, but was certainly a fun read. :)