Recent content by rosey

Hi, Let's say you've bought a Long Call that's now in profit by 30% and you want to place a Trailing Stop Loss, to cap you losses. What is the suggested % to place the Trailing Stop below the current Option Bid Price? (Not on the Stock Price). Obviously we'd need to take into account the...

Interactive Brokers & Stock Assignment. With a Bull Put Spread: If I'm Assigned at the Short Strike, does IB automatically Exercise the Stock by selling those shares put to me at the Long Put Strike Price OR will I simply be Assigned & then have to sell the Shares and the Long Put myself?

Finviz is OK & Free Hi, If you have a basic understanding of Technical Analysis then you should be able to find some Trades yourself using Finviz. It screens for Stocks you can afford & in the Sectors that you may want to include in your Portfolio. It's free. Take a look. Hope this helps...

Check the IV First. Hi, Before Selling Puts check the IV first. You want the IV to be HIGH prior to selling and you want it to lower, prior to expiration. I'd say you initially sold the puts with a low IV and as time went bye,the IV increased. You also may want to consider placing a...

Hi all, Can anyone recommend an Options Broker, with low commissions (obviously) that handles international clients. I want to open a $15k account, but thought I'd throw this question out there first. I'm considering running with Interactive Brokers...any thoughts? Many thanks.

I'm paper Trading with IB at the moment. I enter a Bull Put Spread for 3 Contracts with IB, through their "Strategy Builder". Once Filled I then I proceed to place a Conditional Stop Loss on the Short Leg. On the "Order Ticket" in the "Quotation Panel" there is a "Basic" Tab that has a...