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Hi ggsn1, Are you a directional trader, or a vol trader... with options, it's either correct direction or correct volatility that makes money... Walt

Congrats on your performance... are you long vol or short vol with your non-directional trades? Walt

Give "TastyTrade.com" a "look-see"... Tom Sosnoff and Tony Batista, two former option floor traders who have been very successful, give a free daily market broadcast. Tom is the founder of Think or Swim and sold it for about $600 million. Their daily broadcast is very informative. Walt

+1... as a matter of fact, Ben Bernanke recently testified to that effect before congress... In the end, the fed will simply hold the bonds until maturity while simultaneously printing money... Don't worry about the devaluation of the U.S. currency, as there's a universal collusion to print...

I'm having some fundamental problems with "non-guarantee" spreads on financial (treasury) futures. I would like to enter a four legged intercommodity spread with four different instruments. IB only allows two legged intercommodity spread orders, although it allows you to create & view a...

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How much would you charge?

I would be fine with buying at the ask and selling at the bid; however, I have no coding skills. It would be easier for me to pay someone to code that for me. Do you have any suggestions? thanks, Walt

thanks for your reply DM... what I'm looking for is a software that will execute all legs of an intercommodity spread simultaneously. I wouldn't want the software to leg into the transaction, as the risk/exposure wouldn't warrant the benefit of legging into the spread. btw... does anyone...

I'm having a problem with Interactive Brokers. I'm interested in executing a spread that often will include 3 - 5 different treasury instruments. For example, I want to trade the UB, ZB, ZN & ZF simultaneously as one spread trade. The problem is that IB only allows 2 legs for "non-guarantee"...

Is anyone experienced with trading the BOB spread? Would you offset this spread with the ZN? thanks, Walt

I'll give SPX a "look see"; however, I'm willing to bet that I will run into the same type of shenanigans as with ES... but perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised. btw... the issue of legging out creating margin calls would never occur with IB. I've had large front month spread positions...

I'm sorry guys, but I just don't buy it... since when did any broker, particularly IB, start looking to protect the customer from losing money, or even blowing out their account???.... If that's the case, then I guess we can all assume that our respective brokers will always be there to keep us...

Comintel & Pfranz, Your perspective is appreciated; however, the big difference is that I'm not talking about naked positions. If I was trying to enter a naked option position, or a net short, option position, then your points are 100% correct. My point is that my positions are...

With all due respect, the contract in question is VERY LIQUID, even far month contracts... I'm talking about the E-mini, not pork bellies... Plus, even if it was a situation of IB worrying about liquidity on contracts 6 months out, then simply set the Initial Margin requirement at the max...

I'm not sure if this thread belongs here or in the Options forum; nonetheless, here is the "CRAZY" margin requirement imposed by Interactive Brokers... I tried to enter a far back month Iron B-fly (Dec 2013) on ES (S&P E-mini). The Initial Margin for 10 contracts on this transaction was more...

I figure that I'll have time on my side... interest rate simply cannot remain this low forever... the moment any rumors about the Fed pulling back on monthly mortgage purchases, rates should rise... I hope that I will have the patience to hold on to my short ZB position for the next 3 - 6...

I shorted the ZB at 146... I wish I waited to 148 before shorting it... I'm thinking about adding to my short position if it gets to 150... I also sold a call at 150... Walt

I'm taking a big hit by not spreading on yesterday's transactions. I thought the risk/reward & probability was in my favor to short the ZB (30 yr Bond) & ZN (10 yr Note); however, the ZB is rallying so hard that I'm losing money faster than I can stomach. Although it's true that "the...

FWIW... here's my perspective.. Institutional shift from the bond (fixed income) market to the equity market... Ironically, the Feds actions to keep interest rates low will ultimately drive interest rates up... the increase in yield drives down the bond prices; thereby, prompting the shift...