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Confusion over Iron Condor (2)

kevinh01010101 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:44:59 GMT

Sorry for starting another post but I keep replying to the existing posts and somehow its not getting posted (or I cant seem to find them) Thanks very much for

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

kevinh01010101 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:44:38 GMT

Thanks very much for all your replies! Chris, wow! Great explanation thanks. I put this trade on knowing that this market was going to be volatile and would

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

kevinh01010101 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:44:37 GMT

Thanks very much for all your replies! Chris, wow! Great explanation thanks. I put this trade on knowing that this market was going to be volatile and would

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

kevinh01010101 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:44:32 GMT

WOW! Thanks so much for all your replies! Chris, I actually thought I would put on the trade (paper) for the reason that I was kinda throwing myself into the

Re: TDAmeritrade & TOS

Paul Seifert — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:42:30 GMT

Why don't you just close the Ameritrade account and transfer everything into TOS? Does this solve the issues? ... From: drrobhansen To:

TDAmeritrade & TOS

drrobhansen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:31:05 GMT

I just got off the phone with TDAmeritrade. I was trying to unwind a covered write with a limit price, but the system wouldn't allow me to make the order GTC.

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

Vik — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:32 GMT

Hi Jacob, the screenshot I had attached was the Analyze tab in Thinkorswim (TOS) platform. It is a really powerful tool in TOS which has many positives and a

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

Jacob — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:34:55 GMT

Thank you for this thread, I was wondering the same thing. I have some Iron Condors on SPX, NDX and DJX. When we had that sharp drop earlier this month I was

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

Vik — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:52:49 GMT

Hi Kevin, I think Dennis is right in that the P&L for the current date is possibly showing you a loss. If you look at the attached screenshot, you will see a

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

StevesSngL43@... — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:16:50 GMT

Hey Chris that was a very good answer you just posted . I think you should save that post and the next time a newer trader asks this same question you can

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

Paul Seifert — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:53:11 GMT

You should be positive theta on the whole position. Can you elaborate? ... From: kevinh01010101 To: OptionClub@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

Dennis Alverson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:40:40 GMT

Are you looking at the P/L line for the current date or at expiration? If you are using TOS, there typically is (depending on how you configure it) a white

Re: Confusion over Iron Condor

Chris — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:40:23 GMT

Kevin, Paper trading iron condors is a good way to learn about many of the pitfalls that exist for those who trade them. You sold a Dec. 490-500-620-630 iron

Confusion over Iron Condor

kevinh01010101 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:01:32 GMT

Hi, I am very new to Iron condors. I put on a paper trade so I could "mess around" with adjustments etc The position I put on is. + 10 ^RUT DEC 490 PUT =

Re: Trading in an LLC

rvd — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:11 GMT

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