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    IB vs Thinkorwim - Options Trade Executions

    Agreed. Statistically fills are to the IB advantage. My guess OP tried Tos paper account.
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    IB vs Thinkorwim - Options Trade Executions

    Was it ToS paper account? That's where they fill at the middle. They never fill at the middle my market orders.
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    IB vs Thinkorwim - Options Trade Executions

    I have the opposite experience. I don't understand your faster execution part though. Was it a market order?
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    Covered Calls vs. Naked Puts

    What is it? Lets discuss.
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    Any1 knows the Dec. 31 2009 Close of the US dollar index?

    This is for mar 2010 contracts.
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    Hold On To Your Britches! Wild Week Ahead! Greek Riots Possible!

    Do you have to show the results of your analysis over longer time period?
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    Basic options market maker question

    MMs may not charge larger premium but they do determine the size of the bid/ask spread.
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    Basic options market maker question

    But if each party trades with clearing house as their counterparty shouldn't the clearing house then do the matching of buyers and sellers for the final settlement?
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    Basic options market maker question

    Aren't there used cars dealers?
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    No place on earth to hide anymore

    No match for russian club-K container missiles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqwMzQiXlK0
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    Newbie question on income by selling calls

    Occasional loss means that you can't repeat this process next time ( let it be next month ) with your capital to the contrary of the classical definition of income. One occasional loss puts an end to your income stream.
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    Newbie question on income by selling calls

    If you're trying to achieve income by selling call options you won't get any if stock advances above the strike price.
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    Newbie question on income by selling calls

    call option is not 0 if the stock price is above it's strike price at expiration.
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    Newbie question on income by selling calls

    There is no income if the stock advances because the options would actually lose money.
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    IB offering gateway access (API without TWS)

    I see the reason because any API client should go directly to the back-end server and should not connect to another client ( which is what TWS actually is ) in the first place.
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    IB offering gateway access (API without TWS)

    I could not find the link to install standalone Gateway. Please advise.
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    IB offering gateway access (API without TWS)

    The same problem here.
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    IB - Study to Show Standard Deviation of the Vix

    Only link to CBOE website stating that they started charging for real-time VIX can convince me. Do you have any? Otherwise given that there are real-time VIX quotes available on the web for free I would think that either cost is negligible or they are provided by CBOE at no cost at all. If...
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    IB - Study to Show Standard Deviation of the Vix

    Example: http://quotes.freerealtime.com/dl/frt/S This shows real-time VIX but not streaming quote.
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