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No help here -- too long ago.... ("923"?? who knows....) Good Luck.

IB are absolute sticklers about this stuff, and in actual detail, it is an amazingly primitive transaction. (Not IB's fault.) Once everyone gets happy, it is pretty painless, but...... Anyway, Good Luck.

Uh-ohhhhhhhh. 22 hours to go. Declining ES volume for 3 days.... and *sheeesh!* I feel no better informed than when I wrote "Poised to Pop" as a title. But I just don't feel a big storm, either. Either way, even. Just to throw (one) scenario out there, I can see us opening tomorrow at today's...

PRICE! And VOLUME! since, after all, we *are* all adults, we acknowledge that every transaction conforms to P*Q, and that in a world hungry for knowledge, the *only* two things that traders can count on is that there will be a price and a quantity, inherently associated with every single...

You do realize, don't you, that you just described the purpose of the ATR? It's been around the block, passed through "Does This Thing Work?" tests long ago. You might give it a shot.

You are comparing near-term weekly(s) to far-term monthlies. The monthlies will fill in.

Now you're talking. You just utilized two concepts: your ATR was specified/couched in specific, parametric terms: "14 day ATR". This is a number specific to the underlying that you're trading (which is left out), AND to the time period over which the ATR was calculated ("14 day..."). So, you're...

"+1" yup yup yup....

Two observations: 1) ES and SPX monthlies trade at multiples of the weeklys' volume, but have bid-ask spreads of 2x-4x the weeklies, and a trade put-to-market at the MID may sit the entire day without getting hit. The same trade in the weeklies would be hit pronto. 2) Strikes fill as expiration...

I am seeing both sides of this (private-for-compensation; public-with-'debate'-lens), and so, will stand on the fence ("Ow!") on that one. But the statement that "I know about 40% of how to trade options..." cues up for me, a need to respond that, there is an entire *industry* out there --...

Two seemingly random but actually directly inter-related thoughts: 1) I need a beer. Doing 10,000 little chores in the hot shade of the front porch. Been waiting to give in to this thirst all day long, full of gluing, cleaning, scrubbing, re-assembling, fixing, sorting..... 2) You guys...

I'm really trying to un-see this.....

But it was so close!

Not so much for Japan, but the USA and EU have turned the policy uncertainty from "How much more will they do?" to "How much less?" Greece, FWIW, still lingers out there for the EU, while Portugal, Italy, and Spain, have taken strides in stability -- The US is looking pretty good. The EU has...

That's a scarrrrrry, scary prospect. I'll admit I haven't studied up on the balance between Fed policy goals and realized data this time around, but I'm light light on Jun16th only, and for Jun30 (the next SPX expiry that meets my own criteria), have targets for up-jumps and down-drafts. I'll...

That low(-ish) to balanced TRIN implied *lots* of turnover, as non-tech was bought. Were this not a Fed week coming up, I would think things would be as you surmise: a drive "continuance" upwards. But with the Fed, I think that not only quantity, but sector-wide buying lists are being held back...

Actually, the opposite in Japan -- and again, no rampant or totally uncontrolled printing of money. I wonder where it is that you think you're going with this...

Damn, man! You timed the turn *perfectly*. Hope you made out okay.

http://www.cmegroup.com/confluence/display/EPICSANDBOX/Futures+Spreads#FuturesSpreads-Futures-Butterfly(BF)