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  1. J

    This knee-jerk reporting needs to stop...

    Most likely this reporter is a tech reporter without quotes, i.e. a bot/AI that builds 'articles' from market data.
  2. J

    Desktop TWS on Android Phone/Tablet?

    Both options chains and strategy builder are available on mobile. I doubt Android tablet resources are sufficient to run full-scale TWS.
  3. J

    Why options are for 100 shares? how to hedge for expensive stocks then?

    1. Most likely there was no reasoning. Options were initially intended for well-capitalized professional investors. 2 With another option? 3. It depends
  4. J

    XIV termination event?

    Wow, UVXY just went from 30 to 15. Amazing. VXG8 & VXH8 both down over 30%... 20% to go.
  5. J

    XIV termination event?

    Now we need VIX futures to drop 50% and wipe out UVXY too. Clean slate!
  6. J

    Bitcoin vs Gold as a store of value

    The network effect is constantly eroding by creation of new and improved coins every day.
  7. J

    Why does open interest of E-mini S&P500 contract drop in middle of every month?

    I'm thinking what you are seeing is open interest for each monthly contract stringed together into one chart. Naturally, OI would decline closer to expiration.
  8. J

    Interactive Brokers customer support totally broken

    You are lucky to be missing just a data feed. I can't log into ANY of the IB apps - TWS, mobile or web for the last 2 hours.
  9. J

    Day trade call question

    Number of stocks traded is irrelevant, what matters is number of round-trip trades. Buy 100 SPY/Sell 50 SPY is one trade Buy 100 SPY, Buy 100 SPY / Sell 200 SPY is one trade
  10. J

    could not buy spy option at interactive brokers question

    I think, only closing transactions are allowed on fractional ($xxx.50) options for this expiration
  11. J

    Where can I find this?

    2 lines of code in TOS Thinkscript (using 1 minute chart): plot line1= close("SPY"); plot line2= close("SPY")[60];
  12. J

    International day trading

    If you are paper trading, why not just use Thinkorswim OnDemand functionality? It basically allows you to replay the market. Just pick day and time and you can paper trade in real-time as if you were there. No need to wake up at 3 am
  13. J

    What is going to happen to the price of bitcoin if the float increases

    I think, a better question is what will happen to BTC price if another (Etherium?) crypto-currency becomes more attractive.
  14. J

    Anyone Made 100%+ a Year Consistently With Options Or Know Of Anyone Who Has?

    I have no doubts many made -100% of account with options. I bet a few of the volatility sellers felt quite a bit of pain today with VIX jumping almost 50% in a day.
  15. J

    Help Wanted... Yahoo'rs Apply

    I still see a few familiar handles on SeekingAlpha, but it is a very small fraction of what Yahoo MBs were.
  16. J

    What is the jargon for this trading style/mistake called?

    Perhaps, "getting whipsawed"?
  17. J

    Probably a beginner's question...

    Have you tried Bank of Ireland website? http://www.bankofireland.com/fs/doc/wysiwyg/bank-of-ireland-nyse-delist-21-1-2015.pdf
  18. J

    itm option

    Take a step back and reasses your stance. Your outlook for the position has not changed? Roll it out and, perhaps, down for puts, up for calls. You are not sure? Close it and move on. As one of the beaten-to-death adages states:"Do you want to be right or make (preserve in your case) money?"
  19. J

    Day trading minimum equity call

    Most likely you can still trade as long as you are not opening and closing position during the same day. I.e. not day-trading.
  20. J

    thinkorswim - how to show fills on chart...

    TOS finally added this functionality. You need to tick "Show Trades" checkbox in chart settings.
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