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Thanks. I might try QQQ which is a bit slow moving. Any other suggestion?

Thanks for your reply. If I sell put , I stand a chance that I will have to buy the stock. And then I will be doing covered call. Rut is good but spreads are so wide. I gave up trading options on this.

I want to trade aggresivly weekly IWM covered calls. This is what I have started: I bought 100 shares 0f IWM at 76.0 and immediately sold a call at 76 for a premium of $110. So my net cost is 76-1.1 = 74.9. The option will expire on 20th Jan. If the market remains above 76 . I will do...

Any reviews about his new book. ? Thanks

When I execute a option combo position , the trader log window shows it correctly in summary form and I can drill down for details. But when it comes to portfolio page the above presentation is not there and all puts and calls are listed separately in various orders. There I cant make out which...

Thanks so much. My broker is IB and I donot think IB will be good if I call them . IB has some instruction which I can give for option exercises on line.

Thanks for your good reply

I have noticed index options (eg DJX) are listed as cash settled. If somebody is interested in cash settlement , these could be better products rather than stocks or etfs . The only problem is bid and ask is so wide.Anybody why is this? Thanks

thanks for the replies. If i donot have enough cash , ib will buy/sell and liquidate my positions. I assume that will happen, if difference between buy/sell in my IC is 2 points, my max loss could be more than 200 as it depends at what price i can sell my shares. is this right?

say i have sold in iron condor in spy. if one side goes wrong will i have to buy/sell 100 shares or will it be cash settled. Can I instruct my broker to make it cash settled so I donot have to take possession of 100 stock or deliver 100 stock. (with IB) Thanks, much appreciated.

dentist thanks for your reply. I am using QT with IB data. QT does not draw proper p anf charts. and data is only max for ten days. I feel that p and f can make me profitable and I need correct charts. Any programme which can use IB data or another which will not use IB data, Thanks

dentist, I am reading the thread but I have missed that rule. Please explain this again . Much appreciated.

thanks dentist.

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Some times I sell strangle on SPY. IWM. and QQQ. e.g I sold Iwm strangle expiring on 16/12. 84 call gave me a premium of 20 and 60 put gave me a premium of 48. Margin reqd was about 250 Is there any option greek/s which can give me an indication that probably the position can expire...

I have ab a/c with IB. and for charts i use QT. I want to record prices and play the charts at weekends for educational purposes. How do I go about this with some possibly free software. I will only record YM and ES prices. Please help.thanks

any free software for recording live stock prices (say from IB) and playing them back at weekends and data gets fed into Quotetracker for preparing charts? Thanks.

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