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Of course this is allowed in a registered or cash account. You do the covered call and then you buy a call option. As long as you're holding the underlying there's no issue.

I wrote this several years ago, in C# not Python. It's working so no reason to change it.

I've written my own calendar generation software that's pretty reliable. I can send you the text file I generate that contains all historical dates if that's helpful? Something else to be aware of is that there are half days that occur near thanksgiving and Christmas where the exchange closes at...

There's an official closing price for RTH as a result of the closing auction. This is the price that will be quoted on a daily chart or daily historical data. Not sure what the exact request would be to IB via the API to get this price though.

I doubt IB would refund or reverse under these circumstances. They are providing this list as a tool but it's really up to you to do the due diligence and determine if a particular stock is a PTP. Also, a lot of the PTP get exemptions quarterly and won't be subject to the tax. Buyer beware in...

You need to define the historicalData() routine as the callback. I don't see this being done anywhere in the code.

https://get.ycharts.com/platform/data/

My experience with active trader so far has been okay. It's definitely a step back from ToS and they should have waited to transition Canadian customers IMO. Here are the pros and cons I see so far: Pros: - time adjustment on the charts is easier than ToS with the slider at the bottom Cons: -...

I did a quick analysis of Nasdaq 100 stocks going back to 1990 (including delisted companies and companies no longer part of the index). The fact that the companies were/are part of the index means their market cap was/is significant. Total dates analyzed for all the various stocks was about...

No RTD() which is unfortunate since I have a number of custom applications that use realtime price data from ToS. Looks fine upon first glance but the devil is in the details. We'll see. I've been using ToS for a long time so this will be an adjustment.

Here is an example strategy where they use a protective put 15-20% OTM: https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/covered-call-writing-with-protective-puts-a-proposed-strategy/

The numbers are in for the midterm election strategy. Here's how the strategy works: 1) Short the S&P 200 days prior to the election (Apr 22, 2022) 2) Close the short 43 days prior to the election (Sept 26, 2022) 3) Go long the S&P 35 days prior to the election (Oct 4, 2022) 4) Close long 250...

Investopedia is a great resource: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/daystocover.asp

Open an account with IB, turn on the paper trading account and do simulated trading for a few months until you're comfortable with the software and your strategies.

For a sell order, limit sets the minimum price you're willing to accept.

Sell to close, limit @ $1.97

SJIM is the Cramer inverse ETF but SIVB is not a holding: https://www.crameretfs.com/sjim

Try this link:

Both started trading today

SJIM is the inverse Cramer tracker ETF