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You can see both on Thinkorswim platform in the charts.

The previous record was a 45-point down "gap" after 9/11.

Anyone can do it. It's called pre-market trading. Look it up.

For Sep 117 call around 42K traded on the bid and 52K on the ask (the rest traded mid) yesterday. The majority of volume was in the 0.8 to 2.7 range, with a fairly even split between trades on the bid and on the ask. So, I guess, it's hard to argue that there were a lot people thinking easy money.

Eurodollar is an interest rate product not a currency product!

There's no standard. It depends on the stock, option, market sentiment, order flow, market maker's inventory and etc. Sometimes getting a fill at the mid is "easy", and sometimes it's impossible. Obviously your goal is to get as close to the mid as possible, but sometimes you just have to pay...

As long as your account is segregated you are OK as those funds are not part of the bank's funds. The problem is only if you do OTC trades with them then your account is not segregated.

The whole point of this is to not risk more than 2% per trade. That is, if the trade goes against you then you won't lose more than 2% of your capital. The reason for this is that it would take a mighty losing streak to blow up your account if you only risk 2% per trade. Investors diversify...

Yes.

Yes.

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Think about it, if someone had a profitable system why would they sell it for $20/month or whatever when they can make millions by setting up a hedge fund!?

Either call them up and ask them to adjust the margin manually, since it seems their system didn't pick up the position right, or, as others have suggested, find a broker that understands options.

Technically it doesn't matter what you hold when the universe ends.:D

Short selling still takes 3 days to settle, but you need a margin account in order to be able to short.

No, this doesn't impact margin account because a margin account essentially allows you to borrow the cash to trade while you wait for the trade to settle.

Margin account means you don't have to wait 3 days for the funds to become available. It still takes 3 days to settle the trade though.

It takes 3 days to settle the trade (buy or sell) so in a cash account the funds are available 3 days after the sale not 3 days after the purchase.

As long as you have a margin account you have the funds available right away.

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