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It's normal for 10:50pm est. Look again tomorrow morning. Not enough players at this time of night.

Then I don't see any issues. Start small and ramp up over time. Bob

Then that will be your big issue. See attached. In addition to IT hosting, non-display market data, you need to pay for a cross connect to your broker's FIX connection. That runs around $500/month at NY4. This set up can easily run as much as $10,000/month. If your account starts with $1mm, you...

One of the pitfalls is the cost of a low latency set up. You have the cost of IT hosting and non-display market data. The smaller the account, the more the cost will overwhelm your returns. If you can along without low latency, you can keep your cost down with a solid API. If your missing trades...

You need to find a strategy that gives you an edge to constantly be profitable vs the risk taken. Then, look for the product that best fits your strategy by forward and if possible, back testing. Then trade it in a live market and adjust as time passes. Since none of know what you have...

http://www.nfa.futures.org/nfa-compliance/publication-library/margins-handbook.pdf Computation of Margin Calls: In determining margin calls, accounts shall be reviewed as of the close of the trading day. Firms, at their discretion, may issue margin calls on a more frequent basis including the...

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What do you like about the VOO vs the SPY? (Sorry, I don't have an opinion on the direction of the CAD/USD). Bob

2.5% is very low, so that's not likely to be it. EWZ pays a dividend in December that varies. The vol might be off because no one know what the dividend will be until it goes X later this month. Market makers get this one wrong all the time. I remember around 2008 when I was a MM in EWZ, that...

That is what FSU was talking about. If the Ivol on the puts are higher than the calls, it is normally from a high short stock rate (Or an error in dividend flows).

If you have a portfolio margin account, the OCC margin is the same. House risk rules at some clearing brokers might be different, but it is my expectation that they will be very close. One thing you have to be mindful of is the cost of entering the trade. Most option markets are much wider than...

aucociscokid, I’m not sure you are doing the math correctly. On a long/short portfolio that is dollar neutral, they don’t offsets for margin . The longs and shorts would each get shocked by at least 15%. In a portfolio margin account with $1mm, the most the OCC haircut will allow is $3.3mm long...

What conditions would that be? Most FCM offer access to this in some fashion. Either directly or though another broker. If though another broker, the commission is slightly higher.

If you are looking for something that is free, I can't help. I would try contacting OPRA to see if they can provide it. Won't be free. http://www.opradata.com/ Bob

Day trading has and always will be difficult. Trading in general is a difficult career. What continues to make it attractive, is that there are very few business where you can be self-employed and run your own business with very little overhead and a moderate level of capital. And, do that from...

What makes you think they were having problems?

You can't imply any meaning when you have really wide spreads like that. I would stick with symbols with narrower more liquid spreads.

Thank you both. My feelings on strategies are very simple. If it work consistently, do it over and over until it no longer works. I will never make fun of any strategy that works. I don't care if it's TA or watching the ocean tides.

Javier, This is for equity/index options not options on futures. Your broker will alert you if you have to file. If you want to avoid it, you will have to keep track of the number of orders you enter. If you are an automated trader, you will likely want to file anyway to make two sided markets...

As far as I know, all equity option exchanges in the US provide customer priority. There might be an exception I'm not aware of. To maintain customer priority, your account can not be owned by a broker dealer and you can't enter 390 orders or more, on average over any month, during a quarter. If...