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Hi everyone. I currently trade using the TWS platform. Below is the example of the order I'm attempting to place. If XYZ is currently trading at $20, I place an order to go long 100 shares at $21 via a buy stop limit order. Should prices never reach that high on the day the order is...

For those unfamiliar, the Pattern Day Rule applies to accounts below $25,000. Only 4 day trades can be made in any 5 business day period. Using a trade in the SPY as an example, could someone tell me if this type of position adjustment, would get around the limits of the pattern day rule...

Augen has a few good articles if you google 'Jeff Augen Articles'.

That's the general idea, yes. I'm looking for comparable software to use along with iVolatility to compare ease of use. I enjoy making my life complicated. I don't need motivation in that department, only direction. That's where you come in.

Hello everyone, I'm going to begin a subscription to iVolatility.com's Options Scanner Suite here shortly. I'm using it to scan for favorable short calendar spreads where front month ATM/OTM options are trading at lower volatility levels than ATM/OTM back month options which are trading at...

Can someone identify where this option volatility chart came from? A program, scanner, trading platform? I appreciate the help. http://www.surlytrader.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Negative_skew_Gold.jpg

Does anyone know what's up with UNG options now that it's had it's reverse split? I'm long and short some puts. TWS has them labeled a being 'basket' trades. No word back yet. Anyone, anyone?

So if I buy an AA Dec 13put option in the morning, then the only way it could be considered a day trade, is if I sold it that same day before the close. If I didn't sell it at the end of the day, but I did sell a Dec 14 put in the afternoon, or sold 100 shares of AA stock, it would not create a...

So a 'day-trade', per PDT rules when using options, involves a trade where the option that is bought or sold at a specific strike price, expiration date, and whether it was a put or a call, is later closed out that same day? (Ex. Buy a Sept AA 13 Call in the morning, and sell that same exact...

Everywhere I have checked, including IB's site, has nothing to say about buying and selling multiple strike prices in the same market throughout a trading day. The only examples are for stocks themselves, or the same option that was purchased in the morning and sold in the afternoon, or vice...

Per the PDT rule for accounts under 25K, how many daytrades have been made in the following example below? UNG TRADES 9:31 AM 1 UNG Jan 18, 2013 4 put Sold for $47 9:40 AM 1 UNG Mar 16, 2012 4 put Bought for $3 9:50 AM...

Where in the TWS platform, or in the account management website link, does IB show how many day trades a person can make, before violating the PDT rules?

Using TWS, why does my platform show NG options trading after 2:30PM Eastern Standard?

I need to amend my original post. It should read like the following: Do any of these examples, violate the pattern day rule? 1. Four SPY 1300 calls, four USO 35 calls, four EBAY 40 calls, four AA 14 calls, and four UNG 9 calls, are bought on a Monday at 1PM. The next day, all four...

Do any of these examples, violate the pattern day rule? 1. Five SPY 1300 calls, are sold on Monday at 3pm. The next day at 11AM, all five SPY 1300 calls are bought back. (No day trades have been made, so were currently at zero daytrades) 2. Four SPY 1300 calls, are...

Does the iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund, have a benchmark that has options available to traders in the US? I know EWI has options, but I inquiring about whatever it's based on. I've researched it, and there's quite a few I'm unfamiliar with. I haven't found it so far. I know that it's based on...

That helps a tremendous amount. It sounds like SGXNK options have the highest liquidity for US customers. I'd love to trade OSE options though. Thanks for taking all that time to give me a little of your history.

IB shows five different non-us futures options markets available to trade options in. This can't be right? NK225, SG, NK, AP, and IP. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/eligibleProducts.php?ib_entity=llc

I really appreciate it. I'm attempting to find the most liquid options for the Nikkei and Topix. I found options available for SGXNK and N225. N225 won't allow me permission, and SGXNKM and N225M, show up as having no options.

Is this true?