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I asked for more details and gave a general response. I've never seen the flashing lights or the sound of "claxons". I have heard the sound of a cash register or toilet flushing....... I prefer the cash register!

Can you provide the detail of the trade? Basically you are sell a put spread where the max loss is 20 point - the net sales price of the spread including fees.

Come up with a set of rules. Print them and tape it to the wall in front of you, Share them with us if you like. STICK TO THEM.

They are basically telling you that some of these still have a trading pit. As an example, the big SP future. The trading pit with traders on the floor is not manned all the time. Before regular market hours, you can trade electronically on Globex. During market hours, you need a broker to...

We introduce to Wedbush. On every platfrom except Realtick (No Options or VX), you have to request Max Order Size/Max Position Size for risk but margin overnight is SPAN. Qtrader and CTS T4 are the most popular option platforms. CME Direct, which I use, is the only one that offer RFQ where you...

You want to give a specific example?

I'm not familiar with Swaption. What are they and are they OTC or listed products?

Be very carefull with these orders. If the order gets triggered on the open, you might get a very bad execution.

RealTick can do conditional orders, Those are conditional orders. https://www.lightspeed.com/trading-platforms/realtick-pro-and-express/realtick-platform-features/

So futures. That is good but you need some reference to know how much capital you needed to create that profit, how much margin was used and what your returns were. It make a big difference if it required $1mm or $25K.

Portfolio Margin or Reg-T? We offer both and foreign accounts.

This is the process the OCC uses for the TIMS calculation to determine PM margin and risk. I'm not aware of any clearing broker that uses those closing values for marks and EOD P/L and client equity.

What was the AUM in the simulation? What asset class is this? WIth this information, I'd pick 4 to run with real money.

NO, not without a margin or risk call that was ignored. It is never automated.

IMO, midpoint over all is the most accurate and fair place to mark options. You will get nasty marks with options with wide spreads. I have a few clients that trade the VIX ETFs and many marks go out $.20-$4.00 that are trading at $0.35. Keep in mind from the viewpoint of the clearing firm or...

What was this taken from, a Tabb report?

If you don't want to do it yourself contact https://www.gainskeeper.com

6160/6165. The cash is 6265.

Sorry for the wrong cut and paste!

http://cfe.cboe.com/market-data/vx-futures-daily-settlement-prices VX 11/15/2017 12.0500