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please comment, as the candle chart looks like it is going to be very volatile

If option spread has a +ve vega, is it true that if volatility increases so does value of spread by the +ve vega amount. but does this increase in volatility also mean increase in vix? any relation? how about implied volatility and vix, any relation there? can't seem to find a website that...

it would be a good idea do chart of vix on a monthly time frame, as daily is much more short term, so is your interpretation of those charts that vix gonna break to upside and stocks will fall? whats your prediction time frame that this will happen? implied volatility level and vix level are...

Yes, implied volatility is future looking, predicted volatility right? is this not the same as vix? as a sizeable number of traders look at the vix as a predictor. high vix = high implied volatility?

veteran option traders like Tom Sonsoff say that in a study of 5 years data, selling straddles or doing iron butterflies have more profit, if the implied volatility is higher, ~=>50. since we are in a low vix period, is it less suitable time to do iron butterflies or short straddles now? high...

Sorry if l wasn't making myself clear. l said "l often open trades deep ITM and rarely do they get assigned before expiration. l mean perhaps ~5% frequency (do assignments before expiration date happens)? 100% frequency if leave it ITM at end of trading day , on expiration date." do you not do...

l often open trades deep ITM and rarely do they get assigned before expiration. l mean perhaps ~5% frequency? 100% frequency if leave it ITM at end of trading day without buying back, on expiration date. in your experience, on TOS how often do these $15 assignments occur for options which are...

l believe it is $15 if assigned. how often do these assignment happen? eg. if your option does go ITM, or is already ITM when trade opened, eg in a ratio back spread, where the short leg can be deep ITM. TOS assignments happen 10% of the time when ITM? to avoid those fees, guess could do some...

Just like when OCA orders could only be used for single legs! Sense has come to IB developers and they suddenly woke up, so OCA can now be used for combos as well. Should of been like that first time round. Perhaps IB are really for newbie option traders, they arent thinking about more advanced...

wrong! for index options ib are significantly more expensive, TOS gives special commission rates for ib users. $1.2 flat per leg for me, trade an index option on ib and youre paying about 1.5 a leg. for equities legs can be 1.55 a leg, as they have hidden fees like exchange fees,cancel...

TOS have that already. you want to save loads of money? well change broker. it don't matter how IB big mouth about cheap commissions; they aren't when it comes to index options, combos (spreads with more >1 leg). Infact more expensive AND worse still, when it comes to wide spread options, you...

what other posts have been on this anomaly? could it be because of internal trading? hell,they can do all the internal trading they want, so long as l am the overall beneficiary! if l was getting fills which were worse overall, l change broker.

I trade futures and options with IB, whenever I trade I check the time and sales off the legs if a combo is traded. Why is it often the case the time and sales don't match the trade prices shown at the time? for the individual legs, and much more often the whole combo time and sales. fortunately...

hajimow, l thought the method to get the commissions you are on is if you direct your single leg orders to exchanges other than smart. so how do you set your TWS to highest rebate? cheers

hajimow, so when would you choose to enter with combo orders as opposed to single legs / legging in? is there any method for reducing commission for combos? you said " Let's say bid/ask are 0.1/0.12. If I want to buy I put an order to buy 0.11 or lower. If I want to sell I put an order to...

hajimow, do these low commissions not apply to combo orders? if not is there a way of getting lower commissions on combos what is it? how do you buy without hitting the ask, hit bid and change it to buy and increase the bid so its the same or higher than ask? cheers

l checked your attachment and I have never once received such commissions in the past. I only ever used SMART, rather than directed. What commissions do you get for index options, eg OEX, XEO, NDX, SPX, etc they are always ~ more than double the price in commissions compared to stock options...

they're definitely not that attractive for options especially considering the RAM hogging underperforming feature poor software, poor management and customer service. anything over $1 per leg which occurs frequently for ETF's and always for index options is awful value. Though their stock...

I had similar experience, the legs data in the options time and sales often don't add up, with myself getting a bad deal by as much as 15% Their customer service just don't want to know, management included. I'd advise go to a none cheating broker, IB make so much just from giving clients poor...

“I'd say that several traders isn't exactly a lot of requests. And I doubt that the OCA function is critical to most option traders. And if what you say is true that the majority of IB's profits are generated by stock traders, what do you expect, a call from their head software developer...