As we are talking about selling options on future contracts over here, I would like to ask if anyone know how margin for selling naked options on futures is calculated?? I have sent an email to Interactive Brokers and they replied with a link from ...

selling options

Anytime man Thanks, Nader

George Soros Selling Dollar/Yen?

In my opinion, there is so much money which is borrowed from Japan in he form of Yens at the lower interest and is being invested or carried in UK and the USA...Raising the rates over the Yen will result in fear for those investors and they will ...

Central Banks Watch

Ya I am still with ya on this one Merlin...My opinion is that it will be a long time bull run for the Yen against the dollar...Don't get fatigue man, this long period of indecision is to shake the market and throw out non-confident people (In my ...

George Soros Selling Dollar/Yen?

He is selling the USD/JPY, which means that he is short the USD and long the Yen.. Thanks, Nader

George Soros Selling Dollar/Yen?

I think that we are getting a lot more support for our Yen Bullish outlook Merlin....Don't think that it will blow up in his face either Hope so... Thanks, Nader

George Soros Selling Dollar/Yen?

This is how all market makers operate, they are implanted there to take the other side of your trade....Think of how the Nasdaq operates, through a bunch of market makers for every traded stock on the exchange, they have to make a profit from the ...

More Sellers than Buyers

I think Merlin meant 50 full lots per transaction, which means that your position size is normally around the $5 M mark...Even if he meant that the trader moving 50 full lots per month, this is still worth a look...A $5 M monthly turnover is big, ...

having a multimillion dollar account...

Everyone is always looking to beat the clock my friend Thanks, Nader

beginner advice please

This estimation factors in all the options being traded, both in the money and out of the money...Literally, you can't exercise an out of the money option...The fact which many know is that usually, 80-90% of the out of the money options expire ...

selling options

But it's a proven fact that you are going to have more accidents and shocks if you start practicing without reading enough...For sure you will have some idea about what you are doing when you read rather than start practicing immediately.... ...

beginner advice please

Well, you can consider this one of the rules Avoid the trap by long term trading instead.... Thanks, Nader

Warning to Carry Traders (Perfect Hedge)

That's what I said in an earlier post....They make the rules, and they won't allow anyone to make use of any glitches in those rules to grab some profits out of their pockets...You play by the rules, make a profit, it's yours', else, you lose... ...

Warning to Carry Traders (Perfect Hedge)

chartmonkey, welcome to the forum and hope that you will enjoy your stay over here... Check out FxSolutions, I think they fulfill your criteria although I am not sure if they fulfill all your 3 criteria or not.... Thanks, Nader

Hello! Need a broker...

Well, I think that you got the man wrong Merlin...I didn't see his speech, but I read on the news over the internet that he left the door open..In other words, he said that everything is possible... By the way, welcome back to the forum, you have ...

Central Banks Watch

Ok, finally, this interactve brokers issue came to an end at least to me...I called them yesterday, talked with a guy named Gerald, and he almost answered everything I wanted to ask about..However, I haven't asked him about thier forex related ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

It's a problem defining money management anyway....Van Tharp defines it, not only as stop loss, but also as position sizing...The contradiction and debate about the definition will lead to different models as per every author or professional... I ...

Most popular money management method.

Welcome Marc to the Forum...Good to know that you are starting your journey with the forex market from here (I mean FF )... Anyway, you are totally correct, the key is to consistently accumulate as much pips as you can over the long haul, it ...

New to Forex looking for advise

You are most welcomed my friend But I recall that what we have been exchanging over the email was about stocks mainly, or maybe I can't precisely remember... Thanks, Nader

Question about market makers...

Unfortunately, I don't know the URL for opening a normal account, sorry for that.... Thanks, Nader

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions