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Just read some news today that the risk of Brazil to default on its debt is now lower than the US. Their credit default swap is now lower than the US for the first time in history.

Perhaps to reduce the number of margin calls and volatility. Imagine how many margin calls would be triggered if there was "no leeway". Inital margin is this "leeway". If there was only 1 margin you would have 2 options: 1- Be correct 100% of the time not to have a margin call - nobody...

OUCH!! Hopefully you didn't get too beat up. I had this problem in the past. If I have only one day to exp I would wait for my shorts to be ATM and cover. With only 1 day left it is not worth moving the spread further OTM since most likely you won't be able to move very far from where they're...

Tomorrow is Triple Witching. I already found the answer. Thank you for your reply.

Hello, the final trading day for MAR-18 options on the e-minis is tomorrow (thursday the 17) by 4:15 PM EST correct? Since the futures are all expiring the settlement will be at open on friday correct? Thank you!!

go back to the forum's main page and post this question under "Prop Firms".

I got these yellow triangles/ arrows on my TWS charts, you put your mouse on them and a press release/ news window pops up on the screen. How do I turn this off?

Well tuesday the ES was down 20 points and the uup was up .80% so if the dollar is down .39% it would make sense the ES is up 10.

I don't understand well the question and since I only trade index futures ( S&P e-minis) I will try to explain. This index futures settles for cash, there is only 1 expiration. Right now the DEC10 is the front month, it will expire on december 17. So if you buy the DEC10 ES (S&P e-minis) you...

The ES futures are up 10 points at 1:17am EST, I haven't seen up 10 points when the market is closed in a very long time. Did some search and couldn't find any news that would justify.

Do they expire at the open tomorrow instead of the close? S&P futures and options on futures.

I want to place 2 orders to buy on different strikes but I want 1 of them to be canceled if the other gets filled. Is there a way to do that on IB?

3: roll them to the next month That is an excellent idea!! I did a credit spread: sold march 1155 calls and bought the 1170 calls. It is a very small position so I am not too worried. It's the first time I have the futures and options expiring on the same day. That's what's getting me...

Actually I still have a question. I know that when the options expire on friday at the end of the day the settlement is a position in the futures contract. Is it the same type of settlement in the morning?

OK, great. Since it is the open my problem is solved. Thanks for your help.

Sorry I made a mistake when I wrote may futures, it is march. I am short the march 1155 call The march futures also expire on the same say. When does the march futures stops trading, at the open or at the close on march 19th?

if you want to hedge you can do a synthetic short stock with options or a collar.

sign up for a paper account at Interactive Brokers. All the traders I know use IB and some use Think Or Swim. I like IB because it is cheaper but Think Or Swim has great charts.

I am short the 1155 calls on the ES. I decided if ES crosses 1155 I'll buy the futures instead of covering the calls. My question is: Do I buy the jun futures or the may futures? May futures expire next Friday w/ the options. That's when I get a little confused because let's say the...

I am holding some options on the ES and I was looking for the final settlement on the ES for today friday august 21st. Was it 1025.50? Can anyone confirm this?