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The reason TOS lets you fill between the bid/ask is for options trading. When trading options you would almost never use market orders but rather limit orders between the bid/ask. For liquid securities like SPY and ES you almost always fill longs at the ask and sells at the bid. Pessimistic...

There are third party IB front ends that take care of things like this seamlessly.

Entering bullish put spreads is probably lower risk at this point plus premiums are still pumped up from the recent drops.

If he didn't close his position yet, OP may very well have accidentally made money today. Hopefully he doesn't end up slapping himself on the back about what a genius he was.

But please allow us in the meantime to continue to berate you about the insane risks you unknowingly took.

CNBC consensus is usually a contrarian indicator isn't it? 3 big down days in a row is a record. Odds are it won't go to a fourth.

vvix doesn't sound all that anchored in reality.

Through the roof? Remember 2008? VIX was like 80%

I had written off the trade earlier in the week but was able to close out the ZBRA spread early afternoon for a small profit. 70% ROR isn't so bad. I try to avoid managing positions on expiration day but you gotta be on your toes in the markets.

The 2 most expensive bad habits: Holding onto a bad trade too long Cutting off a profitable trade too soon

Your odds are better at the $1 Blackjack table in your nearest casino.

You sound like you really want broken wing butterflies. You can put on a nice wide one for even money or even a small credit. Unlike a regular butterfly you can't fire and forget BWBs because of the risk of the outermost wing.

Who knows. Maybe ZBRA will fall out of bed today or tomorrow...

Define astronomical. An unreliable script kiddie looking for some beer/pizza money will charge $100 for a whole job. An experienced professional will charge that per hour. I've seen this over and over on the internet. People who can't program need someone else to code something for them but...

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Correlation isn't going to reliably work for pairs trading. You should be looking at cointegration instead.

Check out percent to double analysis. Find the option that requires the smallest underlying movement to double in value.

ZBRA has been consolidating under very low volume after the big drop. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

... until something unexpected happens and you're wiped out. The probability is > 0

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