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Hmm, does that mean using the ocean waves is not a good idea either!? :D

The obvious difference is the pricing. Also, if you are assigned early on a short American option, you cannot exercise the European one to cover.

Yes, if the underlying is the same then your loss is limited to the debit paid. If the options are on different futures then you can lose more as you also have basis risk (the spread between Sep and Dec futures).

Do you really think you can compare fills in paper trading with real trading!? The only reason you got plenty of mid-point fills in paper trading is because it's not real trading. The platform probably has some logic built into it, but, obviously, it cannot simulate real trading. Paper...

Don't forget that SPX is 10 times the size of SPY so in order to compare the volume between the two you need to divide the SPY volume by 10.

OPRA is the source for all US equity and index options data. I'm sure you can find a vendor there. EDIT: actually this seems exactly what you are looking for.

At the same strike prices the two are synthetically equivalent so there's no benefit to one over the other.

Thinkorswim currently clears with Penson. My guess is that sooner or later they are gonna switch to TD. It just doesn't make business sense for TD to forgo the clearing business of thinkorswim customers.

So what are you going to do with a real futures account that has a zero balance!? With your attitude, I bet the only account you have is a real futures account with a zero balance in it. My assumption in the initial answer was that a person is looking for a broker that would allow him/her...

I suggest you read a book or two on options. This will give you a better idea of how they behave. The case where you correctly predict the direction of the price move, but still lose money due to volatility crush is more of a specific situation whereby the volatility gets bid up prior to some...

From globalfutures website: *Accounts with $0 minimum balance are eligible for paper trading online. For actual live trading, you must fund your account with the minimum deposit for your particular account type. So, ok, technically, you can open an account with no cash, but in order to...

That's a good one!:D :D :D

Futures require a margin account and no brokerage can open a margin account without some minimum deposit.

You kidding, right!? Once you are assigned on a short put you can also hope the shares will go up, as you would be long the shares, which is exactly the same.

Well, obviously, eventually you get out of the straddles. Time decay does eat into your profit hence the key is to scalp enough to cover it.

That pretty much sums it all up. :)

The main reason for using the underlying is that it is more liquid and has a narrower bid-ask spread, so you don't get killed on the slippage every time you adjust.

It's all priced in, there's no edge in synthetic vs natural.

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