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According to IB, they "margin futures and FOPs differently"...

Yes the margin required for an Emini is $3692 but the margin required to write a put is $9958. Am I missing something?

Not an IRA. But I just noticed TOS has very limited order types for FOPs so I guess that is a reason to stay put. https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/orders.html

Interactive brokers requires about $10,000 margin to write an ES put. I dont have a funded account with Thinkorswim but the papertrader shows about $4,000 required margin when I enter the same order. Is that correct?

Ok, so using the CBOE option pricing tool, I calculated this option would be worth $0.50 (today) if the underlying is >= $19.13 So how do I figure the probability of the stock touching $19.13 in the next 8 days? Mind two of those days are not trading.

Inputs: Underlying: $18.00 Strike: $20.00 DTE: 8 Vol: 75% Delta: 0.1863 Gamma: 0.1341 Theta: -0.0336 Vega: 0.0071 Rho: 0.0007 Current Price: $0.20 How do I calculate the probability of this call option touching $0.50 prior to expiration?

A rise in the market will not help me as much as a drop would hurt me.

I dont think I like the idea of the upside risk on a short ES position...

I'm attempting to hedge a business venture, its not for an actual stock portfolio.

I'm not "expecting" a drop, its for insurance purposes. I dont expect my house to catch on fire or to get in a car accident...

I want to hedge against a drop in the S&P from today vs. about 9 months from now. For every 1% drop from today, I want $1000 protection. So in approx. 9 months if the S&P is down 50% from today I need $50,000 coverage, if its down 10% from today i want $10,000 coverage, etc. What would give...

I am rotating my library stock. I have 10 or so trading books here, priced to sell. http://shops.half.ebay.com/levijean1_W0QQ_trksidZp2919QQmZbooks

What do people think of the chances of fixed exchange rates happening?

Sure, but minimum investment is $50,000.

I have published the results of my mechanical fx system if anyone is interested. www.fxtrendsetter.com

I'm looking for a good broker for forex exotics. Spreads do not have to be ultra low, as I hold long-term positions. Oanda has enough pairs to be attractive, but I do not care for non-segregated fund situation. Any recommendations?

If my home currency is USD, what are the benefits of trading a foreign cross, like GBP/JPY, vs. trading GBP/USD & USD/JPY, when the profitability of my GBP/JPY trade is subject to the USD price movement anyways?

What broker has the most USD crosses with exotics?

i'm looking for some free or inexpensive daily forex data on the minors. The Oanda stuff doesn't have OHLC, just average daily, and others that I found only go back 5 yrs or so. I'd like to go back 10, 15, 25 years, whatever I can get. I checked into CSI, but they want over $500 and my wife...