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This is one of those posts where you start to type something and then go....naaahhhh.:D

He's a good fit for the folks at zero hedge these days.

Clinton victory is more and more priced in as the market rises. Markets dropped a good bit the day after Obama was elected both times - and both of those results were expected by the polls in similar numbers to what we have now for Clinton. You could have some volatility tonight if Trump gets...

Thanks i960. I downloaded TWS, but I needed to get the "Offline" version from the website. That equates to the standalone. They used to all be standalone!! Thanks for the help.

This looks to have been reworked from IB...or I've lost my way. I got forced to upgrade last week. I logged in this morning and it automatically upgraded TWS again - which is not what I want. I tried opening the startup window and the versions are just "beta, latest and stable". I want to...

LOL. Yelling at the candlestick reminds me of my dog barking at the mailman.

The OP's question was "My question is can anyone explain the worst case scenario with letting a futures option credit spread expire ITM." That's what we were answering.

My initials.

No. It's only on expiration day. Also for the OP, as Robert said you will wind up short/long the futures contract depending on your position and which leg was in the money. Worst case scenario is that the futures contract moves hard against you before you get a chance to close it out. I try...

ES spreads for me. I understand them and the risk/reward - for what I do - is optimal. It's quite boring as I don't crave the action as some do.

I'm with ya. :)

I'm always looking to get solid spreads on - involving multiple structures - for as cheap as possible. For me, it's the opposite of selling the nickels 8 SD's out. If I have any options that are short and trading for a nickel - I get rid of them. In fact I'll usually close them out well...

I would echo this. I trade futures options on ES as well - nearly exclusively spreads. Most brokers have platforms that allow for spread entries, getting you good fills and savings tons in legging risk. With ES, you now get two or three expirations per week. Getting spread fills for 100...

As Robert and others have said, find your way first. You need a consistently profitable strategy that is going to put your equity moving in the right direction. Everyone is different and what works for me or the next guy may not work for you for various reasons. Once you get on the right...

It's a lot of fluff and bluster. The market expects Hillary to win. I don't see much movement unless that changes in some form - like Brexit when it suddenly started going the other way.

You have to look at the long term picture...and keep focused on that. I've made the mistake and I know plenty of others have as well - of throwing too much capital at something that was working well and getting washed out very quickly. THAT MISTAKE is so much worse than being conservative and...

At one point, their customer service was so bad they just renamed themselves - to Xfinity. The Comcast name had such a negative image that they had to come up with something new.

I see the new expiries popped up on my TWS a few days ago, so I went and read the CME primer on these. Looks great for those of us that trade futures options. Has anyone traded any through IB? I tried a spread today for Oct 12 and the order was rejected because the "contract could not be...

I think they should move today. It's time.

Anything from Zerohedge is questionable. Even if this is somewhat legitimate, they have posted so much BS over the years that their credibility is shot.