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We can discuss the margins and the cost of carry till the cows come home, but the bottom line is that whatever the equivalent put is trading at is your risk on this trade! That's how options are priced! If you don't know this then pick up a book on options and study the put-call parity.

Get more money or try some of the lower priced ETFs such as QQQQ (Nasdaq 100) or IWM (Russell 2000). The liquidity doesn't get better than this and their options trade in penny increments.

This is called a synthetic long put. In other words, it is exactly the same position (i.e. same max profit, same max risk, which is the premium paid for the put). Sorry, it ain't a free lunch! I love these guys that come to the market and think that they are just smarter than everyone else!:D

Yes! You can find contract adjustments here. Just type in the stock ticker.

The options are not "designed" as non-standard, options become non-standard, i.e. adjusted, when some corporate action takes place such as a merger, a takeover, a stock split or a special dividend.

Your example is delta neutral, not delta-gamma neutral. What you describe, well more or less, is called gamma scalping, use the search function to find numerous discussions on this subject.

You can have a quad-head video card or several two-head cards and etc.

I don't know the ratio, but it can be calculated. You can find the details here.

This point has been addressed in some other thread, recently. Basically, while downmoves is what most people worry about, there have been significant upmoves as well, such as when the Fed announced an unexpected cut and etc. Nothing is a sure thing! Btw, I'm sure you meant CALLS and not PUTS.

If you have a tech problem with a software, don't you think the first point of contact should be the software provider and not a discussion forum!? Just a suggestion.

"...the most honest FX broker" That's an oxymoron.:D

Dividends are priced into options so there's no advantage in one vs. the other. In fact, a ITM call is likely to be assigned on the day before ex-div in which case you would end up paying extra commissions/exercise fees. Some brokers, as discussed in another thread, allow naked puts in IRA...

You would need a lot of cash.:D :D :D

You mean you don't know what happened to Refco!?:confused: Search the news before jumping in on this one.

That guy is FOS as others have suggested.

Won't work, those 10-30 cents are cost of carry on the stock, so there's no zero risk profit there.

You may wanna ask a bit more specific questions, that way you may actually get some serious answers.

It really depends on your needs, trading/investing style and etc. Daytrading doesn't really work with a full service broker.:D

:eek: :eek: :eek: Really!? I don't believe you...you just want to keep it to yourself, don't you! :D :D :D

I had no problem whatsoever, the platform was rock solid, I actually got a better fill on one of my trades.