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I sell and buy future option.

and future option? Thank you in advance.

I transfer my account out of InteractiveBrokers. I know Tradestation need to open outside custodian account to trade. any other low cost brokers offer IRA account to trade emini future option?

The question is how much puts do you buy? if you buy large amount to fully cover your long stock positions and you need to pay premium all the time, the premium will eat up all your profit. another question is what happen if market down slowly for long time but not enough make put pay out?

possible suggestion 1: close all positions. why? possible suggestion 2: wait for market down and then close it. why? what is the risk? other suggestions ? and what is the reason behind the suggestion? My current plan is:sell ES put against these 38 ES until all positions are assigned/covered...

on 20140630 stress test exposure calculation. why include Es OPTION 20140630 positions, which is already expired on 20140630 1pm pacific time? the position are already expired, why still calculated?

1)Is there any evidence to show any index has ever be up 30% in one day? if not, why it is used in calculation of exposure fee? 2) because all stock exchange have trading brakes, the chance of 30% down is almost impossible. 3) IB just use this execuse to milk more fee from traders...

ES March settlement price is 1893.30. http://www.cmegroup.com/CmeWeb/html.wrap/wrappedpages/clearing/contracts/CurrentCashSettles.htm?h=2 http://www.cmegroup.com/wrappedpages/clearing/contracts/201403exp.htm But sp 500 spot open is 1874.53 (1893.3-1874.53=~20)and high is...

1) ECB can(?) print unlimited paper money to buy euro bonds which may solve the problems(?). 2) German does not want to do it NOW becasue of moral hazard(needs to strengthen fiscal disipline for warefare nations) and low euro is good for export 3) probably that is why vix is NOT LOWER...

Here are two ES 1 minutes charts from two IB account, one is individual account and the other is FA account. Pink line is midpoint and blue line is trade. As marked by volumn area, these two accounts produce different data feed and charts. One of them is delayed or error. IB, it is easy to...

up reason: ECB MIGHT raise rate DOWN reason: sovereign debt open: short when up reason priced in, e.g. >1.40 close: buyback at first resistant, e.g. 1.397-1.398 risk/stoploss: if there are NEW UP reasons, analyze to decide hold on...

I share your pain. For those who short long bond, let us share our thoughts and discuss the next move. I am holding a large short postion on long bond (ZB). It is my fault that I did not listen to sevearl signals that economy is worsening. I have been worried that it is too late to cover...

It is critical to know what the account margin requirement will be if the underlying position change value. For example, if sp500 drop 10%, will my account have a margin call? IB already has method to calucate real time margin requirement. IB can use the same system adding that the customer...

I just called IB customer service who told me that all wired (in) money will be held for one day. But IB website says: wire will be 'Credit to account is immediate upon arrival.' IB, In situation like today, please put more people working on funds and banking. It is a shame that customer...

1) Using IB DDE API, when maximum market Data lines are reached (ususlly a warning message will show), some of the bid/ask data are still shown but they are never updated. But you cannot know which data lines have the problem. Only by comparing the TWS data, you can detect the error. IB...

DAV from IB, here is how to see the values are different in three places: 1) open account window from TWS View-tools-Account 2) on account window, open Balances, you will see net liq value and equity with loan value. leave accout window open. 3) pick low price stock so that it will not...

you can get equity with loan and net liq values in 3 places: 1) from account window in TWS 2) before placing an order, use preview order/check margin 3) when you margin is lower than initial margin requirement, an error message pop up which show you equity with loan value/net liquidation...

My IRA account has money. My othe account has too many ES positions. I do not want to sell low now and miss potential rally, but I am worried margin call. I do not want to 'transfer' ES to IRA because I want to cash outside IRA. I want to buy ES put option but primium is too high. So I bought...

one month libor future ? 13 week t- bill? this is the info missing, which is key to know market down is over. any suggestions?

job number good, market up, bad also up. I bet it will down. short more!