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What’s an example of a trade that did not execute? Ticker symbol and quantity

Yes calling your broker will help. If you see your orders being added to the level 2 then the problem likely lies with the market maker. Someone earlier said Tradestation routes most orders to Virtu. Virtu is known for providing bad fills. Often times what they are displaying on the level 2 is...

I've thought of it but decided to keep it all about a week out to take advantage of the short term swings in the market. From most of my backtesting, I will earn more in premium selling short term than pushing the expiration further out in time. I gain more exposure to downswings in the market...

Rolled forward another week to the 12/4 347 puts for a $949 credit SOLD -13 DIAGONAL SPY 100 (Weeklys) 4 DEC 20/27 NOV 20 347/346 PUT @.73

SOLD -13 DIAGONAL SPY 100 (Weeklys) 27 NOV 20/20 NOV 20 346/348 PUT @.76 I rolled the puts forward 1 week and down 2 bucks for a $988 credit, less commissions. Had I waited until the end of the day to sell the puts, I would have taken in about $1200. But I'm not here to time the market...

I'm primarily looking for unleveraged growth correlated to the SPY. That's why I'm okay with assignment. As I said in the beginning, if the market tanks, my account tanks with it. But given the fact that all the trades are covered or cash secured, I don't have the same consequences as I could...

There’s zero chance this class action will get any traction. If you’re selling the oil futures and no one else is buying, not even the market makers, are you willing to take physical delivery? I don’t think so. It’s in the account agreements that a custodian can liquidate anyone they deem high...

There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Assignment isn’t always a bad thing. For someone who worked for the “worlds biggest options trader”, I’m surprised you don’t understand this.

I was actually looking at selling ATM covered calls today for the premium alone but decided to go for the traditional way of running the wheel by selling cash secured puts. Are you implying selling covered calls or selling them naked? I’m assuming naked because if I already had the shares then...

Of course not, but due to the short term nature of my trades, I'd rather collect the immediate premium rather than sit on the sidelines and wait for the market to come back down. Remember, my goal is for market exposure. I'm not trying to time the market. The funds just cleared today. I'll be...

Yes exactly, so if I get assigned at expiration I'll purchase 1300 shares at $348 each, totaling $452,400. My cost basis will be 347.44 a share due to the premium from the short puts, not factoring in commissions. From there I'll sell covered calls against it until the shares get called away...

My first trade is complete for a $728 credit. Since I'm tracking my performance relative to the S&P 500, I'll put my starting balance and the price of SPY at the time of the trade: 11/16/2020 Benchmark Starting Balance: $456,118.12 Starting SPY: $360.08 +$728 credit: SOLD -13 SPY 100 20 NOV 20...

To clear things up - my goal is to be invested in the market and get a little premium on the side. If the market tanks, my account will tank with it. I'm bullish on the market and want correlated exposure to it. My plan with this account is a bit different from the traditional way of running...

I've been waiting for this day for a long time. After 40 years work, I threw in the towel to enjoy retirement. I've got a nice 450k saved in my roth 401k that is being rolled into a roth ira to mess around with. I'm okay with direct market exposure as I have more than enough savings and passive...