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ok then I see how the market value increases. I missed the 1:100. Thank you for clarifying this

hi, i only use paper account to learn how to execute/exercise options. So TSLA is just an example. Trying to understand how the market value is calculated (and P&L)

Thank you for your reply. yes, I’m just trying to figure out the P&L calculation. And how the market value of one option can be close to USD 4000 while the underlying stock price is only USD 1165

Hi, I’m new to options so using the paper mode of Interactive Brokers. I bought one (1) call option of TSLA. Premium was USD 31. Strike price USD 1150. Then the underlying TSLA stock moved to USD 1165 and option premium to USD 41. All good so far. But then I see that the market value of the...

Hi thank you for your help. I actually still hold the position. It was sold 7th Aug 09:45:37am price 4.50 then I immediately put in a buy order mkt as the P&L was good but nothing happened and then it started going in red as you can see from yesterday’s development

Thank you 7th Aug 09:45:37am price 4.50

OK, since it’s traded on NYSE I assumed high liquidity

Hi it’s HZN

Hi, yesterday I shorted a high liquidity NYSE share that for about 35 minutes went -12%. During that time I tried to trade all the shares (buy) at market value (MKT ie no LMT order). I was not able to fill the position. After this the stock bounced back +>15% and I was not happy. I was just...

In Global Configuration I`m able to preset most of default values including brackets (profit taker / stop loss) for my orders. However, I need the orders to be triggered based on price conditions (conditional tab in Classic TWS). I cannot preset the "conditional" algo. I need it to be based on...

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Thank you for reply. I use limit orders but only liquid stocks (NASDAQ, NYSE etc). Why would limits make it different?

Hi, I have used the paper version to test an investment strategy. I short stocks based on a price event occur (conditional order) + bracket (profit taker and stop loss). I have fine tuned and tested the strategy for about a month. Should I expect the same performance when I switch to live...