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And, what is their "approach to options trading"?

This one looks interesting. I have never tried it.I only checked out their website after finding them on Twitter. http://optionsflux.com/pages/faqs

Will, I'm not a tax expert like Robert. However, I do know that at the prop firm, those trades don't belong to you, they belong to the firm. You get a K1 to represent your distribution of P & L. There is no reason to list trades as they are not your trades. You only report the information on...

xandman, I took a "quick" look at their website. The question in this forum was about stock options not options on futures. Option Workshop appears to be a tool for options on futures where you can connect to three APIs, IB, CQG or Rithmic. I'm guessing, without using it, doing a demo or...

IMO, if your are looking to scalp options based on a technical move in the stock, you will be giving up a lot of your vig in the market with the option spreads, even tighter ones. You will pay that in and out. You will have to be right way too often including commissions and regulatory fees and...

If they offer you trading capital, that's great. If you will deposit first loss capital with an unlicensed trading firm, be careful that are following SEC/FINRA rules and not "acting" as a BD. The SEC is going after the firms. They can't markup commission and can only profit from a percentage of...

ES only down 17+ now

Asian stocks are down....

You will have to choose a strategy where the fraction of a penny is not as relevant. Rebated trading is out. Choose or learn another strategy to execute. I would also sit down with this firm and try and get them to offer you some day trading leverage as you expected. Like I said, only do...

As it's hard to define what a liquid option is, you can use LiveVolPro to scan for options that have a Ivol diff between two months where option volume is over a minimum number. The calendar is normally narrow near earnings with front week/month expanded and the volume minimum will give some...

Your not a calling brokers to open an account, that you can close at anytime. You are looking to join a Broker dealer, a regulated firm, to go into business with them for at least one year. Commissions are only one part of the decision making process.

I have a few clients that use gainskeeper. There are always some trades that need to be reconciled. It should not be a big deal.

roberk, Buying a call spread=buying stock+put-call (if you use those same strikes as the call spread). Yes, they both limit losses and gains to the same extent. But, the call spread is simple and easier to enter and exit. The margin on the call spread is lower, so returns are higher. If the...

I don't have that study, but you pointed out the issue. Even if you find a zero cost collar, there is still a cost. You choose to go long that stock because you felt it would out perform the market. By adding the collar, you are limiting your upside, which is why you entered the position in the...

"lost nearly all of the $60 million hedge fund's capital in just three weeks of trading". Ouch!

I'm not an expert on these issues. My expectation on question number 1 from a call I had with the CME last month is that each option is treated like one future for reporting.Reporting levels are not very high. http://www.cmegroup.com/market-regulation/position-limits/ Q2, one is an out right...

I'm not an expert on this, but I believe this is a tax issue, not a regulatory (CFTC, NFA or SEC) issue. If they have any USA investors, they have tax reporting to do that they would like to avoid.

Yes, long/short positions in the market must match, but they don't in that table because that table represents only reportable positions. Speculators that don't have large positions make up the balance. I don't think hedgers with small positions have to report either. The purpose is to show...

The best thing to do is call them. The last time I paid for them was 2009. I recieved a plan that included most of their news sources except DJ. DJ was expensive and I found they never came out with anything 1st. Also, they have a free trial. I think my bill was around $275/month. Without it, I...

CTS T4 can do that...