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    Looking for a futures options calculator online

    The ones that I have Googled are all stock or index only. Does one exist online that would, say, calculator (and graph, perhaps) a 0DTE NQ DITM covered call. Something like that. Thanks in advance.
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    Quickie: What is this trade called?

    I sell a strangle ATM both put and call but hedge it with a long put and call OTM the equivalent of the combined premiums. Also is there a scanner that would work well in picking up these trdes for equities and futures?
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    Is there an option on IB for the dollar?

    Jeeze, $120 a month for data from ICE?
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    Is there an option on IB for the dollar?

    Looking to short the dollar but wanted to use an index option of the dollar against a basket of currencies. Can't seem to find one that has options on it.
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    Apple and IN

    The IN above is IB. Apologies.
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    Apple and IN

    Thinking about going fully Apple but I hear the Apple download for TWS is awful. True? What about going Parallels and Windows download?
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    Trading one large account versus several smaller ones.

    Let’s say I have 100k. Span margin. Futures an futures options only. Why do I sense based on limited experiments that I perform better with simultaneously purchasing and selling in four 25k accounts than the one 100k account. (Commission and fees not a factor.)
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    What time do MES mini futures close on Friday?

    Had a stop hit at 4:16 eastern and thought that was odd. Rookie question, I know.
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    How do I do a buy-write on e-mini?

    So I can send a limit order in for one price for the two legs? I believe that’s how a buy write hits the floor, no?
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    How do I do a buy-write on e-mini?

    And I can send the two legs as one order?
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    How do I do a buy-write on e-mini?

    I looked it up on the help page and it seems on only offer the tool on stocks or as a strategy has a stock underlying. Nada for futures. Assistance? By the way, is it pointless to do, to get a fill on, a buy-write with a deep ITM call/put and a futures contract?
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    ROIC versus Portfolio Return

    Do I have this right? Portfolio return is the return on your pool of capital; ROIC is your return on that portion used for trading, which I presume would exclude cash in the portfolio.
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    Adding regular trading hours to a stop

    Well when I place the stop at about 10 pm pt it tells me it’s not executable until 8:30 am ct. how do I get it to execute if needed in the early morning hours?
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    Adding regular trading hours to a stop

    The little box next to the clock in the portfolio window won't allow a click and neither will the box for allowing trading outside regular trading hours in the order page. The desired sell stop is on the e-mini, ES. Help?
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    Adding a OTO order to a stop

    I understand what you’re doing here but for my own reasons want to keep it as a covered call. Other thoughts?
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    Adding a OTO order to a stop

    OK,I have a ITM covered call and, I'd like to add to my stop on the underlying long position an order to close an existing short option order. How do I do it? Basically, I want out of both positions if the stop is hit.
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    Backtesting with AI?

    I couldn't get Capitalize.ai to work on IB for some reason.
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    Backtesting with AI?

    Any AI bots/sites out there with natural language capable of backtesting, say, an ITM 0DTE covered call on e-minis?
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