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The reason I had to close was expiration day of Jan shorts. Last thing I want is impact of cash settlement and unknown headches as my account doesn't have funds to hold big Feb ITM puts. Broker (IB can issue margin call, liquidate at bid which can be otherside of the his automated trade).

Looks like site is not taking my jpg attachment. I am trying pdf file...

See the attached RUT calendar position from my trading acct. You can see open price and close price. I ended up closing the position by paying 1.7 extra per spread. I mean I lost initial debit as well as an additional $170 per spread.. Before that trade I was under the same impression that I can...

Optionvue back trader pulls historical data in 20 minute intravals... I don't think there is any feature that allows to export all data to some spreadsheet....

Calendar spreads are highly profitable in : 1. Price is neautral or price stays around your strike price at expiration. 2. Volatality is rising and less volatality skew. i.e., front month and back month trade with same volatality. Most people say you won't loose more than what you...

I used three softwares... optionvue with back trader. Very good software. You can go back in time and trade, forward and see how it perfoms. It gives very good "what if" scenario. Beauty of this tool is you can enter commission rates, dividends etc and it gives true profit/loss factoring all...

I agree with increasing bid... I understand. Thank you for your comment and suggestions.

Yes, I was looking at my optionvue scanner reports, volatality skew appeared in Dell options. Volume in Dell stock is so high, hard get 10-20% moves. I felt it is better for a butterfly. Worked well.

Dell reported earnings after the close yesterday (30th aug 07). Dell was trading around 28.50 I had a butterfly trade entered few minutes before the close yesterday. Put Butterfly with strikes 30,27.5 and 25. I was bidding .70 cents for the butterfly since afternoon and didn't get the...

Where else? at Yahoo... http://biz.yahoo.com/opt/stat1.html

I am looking for Optionvue software. If you have this software and you are not using, I would like to buy. I understand optionvue transfers software that you paid for.

Very simple. Some of the ETFs gain 2% if the underlying index is down 1%. QID SDS MZZ DXP http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BBA4183DA-329B-4E77-AE86-DB4B5B60EA91%7D&siteid=mktw

Check the web sites and compare all: IB is kind of pay what u need... mostly for Real time quotes etc... Interactive Brokers (www.interactivebrokers.com) Trade Station (www.tradestation.com) Terra Nova (www.terranovaonline.com) Think or Swim (www.thinkorswim.com)

I am serious. I got 20 Calls at Jul strike 30 at .20 Last traded at .45. Couldn't expect better than this...

It was Excellent timing CashMoney

Zacks Options Challenge Q3 2006 http://simulator.zacks.com/myportfolio/ListPublicGames.aspx

Hey no problem USATrader... It was very simple for me and thought might help.

I am not sure if you are still looking to get this working... Here is the Excel with formula. Just enter symbol in first cell (colored in Yellow) and double click anywhere on the sheet. Hope it helps. Press ALT+F11 to see the code.

Bear Call Spread. BreakEven: 72+ Credit received Risk: 200 - Credit Received

Dr. Alexander Elder in his book Trading for Living: "Plan a Trade Trade a Plan"