Recent content by johnymm

So..this is probably a basic question: In my account I have an "Exposure coverage" and "Margin utilisation". The exposure coverage is for example: 10% - but the margin utilization is 20%. So my question is: When should I expect a margin call? When the exposure coverage reaches 100% or when the...

Is this option arbitrage? For instance: A broker has the following prices of MSFT june call 30: sell: 1, buy 1.5 Another broker has: sell: 1.6, buy 1.7 So when you buy from the first broker at 1.5 and sell at the second for 1.6...that is 1.6-1.5= 0.1. You receive 0.1 in total...but is your...

Well, anyway - thanks alot losers. I am busy now...happy time wasting online ;)

Thanks, I just want to be 100000000% sure - so if i buy intraday some contract for $100 and then sell it immediately for say $99 - does it mean that if later that day the price is say $80 - the broker will value the contract at $80? I asked the broker - and they say - they will value it at the...

So in the case of stocks/futures - when I buy something and then sell it - is it possible to lose money after this point? I understand there is some currency risk if the asset is denominated in other currency than my account...but other than that? I am confused since some brokers mention that...

Then again...I'm a programmer myself and I have developed trading systems years ago - surprisingly (or not...) - I made it check to see if there is market depth or not, before taking any meaningful action. nuff said.

10x, But they still can program their demo to check if there is enough market depth and then execute the order? - it's otherwise pretty misleading...it seems.

I am now planning to try a new broker and on their demo platform they are kind enough to display market depth - it seems though that orders are filled without checking the bid/ask quantity? Certainly, the contracts have a "daily volume", but how come an order is filled with zero bid and ask...

Is this possible? All P/L should be calculated based on bid/ask, right? For instance: If I buy at 80/ask and sell at 79/bid = -1$. But now I am testing a demo software of a broker and they seem to calculate all profits/loses based on the "last trading" price. For instance: bid/ask = 80/81 -...

If I need to put $10,000 initial/maintanence margin in order to open a position - do I need additional $10,000 to close my position later? 10x

I said "I GUESS"...because at least...anyway, a few more points: 1. Not that I am bragging or something - but I'm an award winning programmer and not only that but actually even develop on the same language saxo work with (that is: c#, asp.net, etc...). Kinda unusual that i might be havin'...

their helpdesk wanted my....id card. Anyway - they are pure scammers. I guess they go straight to my "sue later list" now... It's not just that - just...a few more issues that i don't have time to explain them now. i am busy as hell recently and have no time here to write long arguments about...

i was kind of familiar with the demo...I guess unless you give them your money - it "all works". Provided, only their forex works i guess, when it comes to stocks/futures - you better better trust a guy named Madoff, but them. So it seems, at the moment. I am switching to another broker atm...

Do you have some experience with saxobank? i have problems executing market orders with them - when i place a market order...it just hangs there and i have to cancel it manually...otherwise i have to wait for hours i guess, or forever... 10x

I also prefer limit orders to insure against slippage...but as i mentioned i tried both limit and market and it's always the same. It seems to be only one solution atm: 1.change broker 2. send a "nice email" to the broker once i've withdrawed my money :thumbsup: Third option to sue them is a...