Recent Content by Kammo

  1. When Should I sell my OIL ETF

    Bernard Baruch is reported to have said that he made all his money by selling too soon.
    Post by: Kammo, Mar 5, 2022 in forum: Commodity Futures

  2. Robinhood vs the world - any RH traders here?

    I trade option spreads, so I trade large numbers of contracts. At RH I do not have to pay a per-contract fee, which at other firms comes to maybe...
    Post by: Kammo, Aug 29, 2020 in forum: Retail Brokers

  3. Zero commissions- how has your trading changed?

    Beware the per-contract fee on options trades at most brokers. 65 cents per contract on a 200 contract iron condor (50 contracts on each of four...
    Post by: Kammo, Oct 26, 2019 in forum: Trading

  4. Schwab cuts commissions to zero on US stocks, options and ETFs

    Yes, Trader99, maybe many options traders will meet that $50,000 account requirement for free ZeroPro. Thanks for mentioning that real trading...
    Post by: Kammo, Oct 7, 2019 in forum: Retail Brokers

  5. Schwab cuts commissions to zero on US stocks, options and ETFs

    Thanks, trader99. It looks like there are monthly fees for some, though, with Tradezero America. This is from an 08/05/2019 review on...
    Post by: Kammo, Oct 7, 2019 in forum: Retail Brokers

  6. Schwab cuts commissions to zero on US stocks, options and ETFs

    Saving $4.95 on an options trade doesn't mean much for a lot of us if you're still paying $0.65 per contract. Robinhood does not charge a...
    Post by: Kammo, Oct 5, 2019 in forum: Retail Brokers

  7. Who is writing 1 or 2 or 3 unit option contracts?

    I often get fills comprising batches of little fills with Robinhood, but not with other brokers. I trade spreads.
    Post by: Kammo, Aug 10, 2019 in forum: Options

  8. Want to Make Millions and Pay No Taxes? Try Real Estate

    Go to https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums?page=2 to hear from people who are down in the trenches on these and other real estate topics.
    Post by: Kammo, May 4, 2019 in forum: Wall St. News

  9. After several years, I found the WORST broker to avoid.

    The problem that I had with E-Trade, and the reason why I left them, was that the numbers on their trading platform did not match the numbers on...
    Post by: Kammo, Mar 30, 2019 in forum: Retail Brokers

  10. GLD Options Treated as 1256 Contracts by E-Trade

    You're welcome! The E-Trader 1099-B was a little confusing at first, because on the first page "Totals Summary" the results of the transactions in...
    Post by: Kammo, Feb 25, 2019 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  11. GLD Options Treated as 1256 Contracts by E-Trade

    I used four brokerages in 2018 and when going over their 1099-B's I noticed that E-Trade is the only one that treats options on GLD as 1256...
    Thread by: Kammo, Feb 25, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  12. Going Through Call Option Expiration

    But the question is not about in the money short options. It is about in the money long options, which give the holder the right but not the...
    Post by: Kammo, Nov 3, 2018 in forum: Options

  13. Selling ATM options with hedge better than selling naked OTM?

    Rolling won't necessarily or automatically protect you. It might even compound your losses. By the way, when I said that you're better off setting...
    Post by: Kammo, Nov 3, 2018 in forum: Options

  14. Selling ATM options with hedge better than selling naked OTM?

    Short&naked, it sounds like you're asking about trading vertical credit spreads with a lot of distance between your long and short options so that...
    Post by: Kammo, Nov 2, 2018 in forum: Options