Welcome to my ignore list, where you'll join a large group of fools I've collected over the past 20 years.
Your strategy of finding short term entry points on otherwise solid companies can be a valid approach, so long as you can define a small universe...
Put your focus not on what's easy or convenient, but what structure will best protect you legally, in worst-case-scenarios. Imagine the worst...
Because it isn't a perfect world. For example, yesterday I missed what would have been a great trade if I'd used a market order, guaranteeing a...
As regards the actual mechanics of how IB handles fills in paper trading, I don't know because I've never asked. But its a very good question....
The biggest factor is liquidity. This is especially true if you are using market/OPG orders at the open. I only trade a few very active and...
A big waste of your time, unless you're extremely active, full time, and do hundreds of trades per year. Otherwise, the IRS considers you an...
Generally, over time, you can just assume that anything that is correlated to the overall U.S. market, is going to underperform if there is a...
If you really enjoy trying to make sense of meaningless ramblings and mumbo-jumbo, then you'll also enjoy the posts on this site of Jack Hershey....
Writing options always comes with a lot of risk. Why do you think your 401K disallows it? Because shit happens, that's why. And why would you...
Have you considered that she may have relatives and/or heirs? Do you really want to be answering to them in the future if (when!) your...
Correct. There is no data supporting the idea that there is more crime under democratic leadership. In every election in which democrats are in...
If you have 30 years, yes, definitely put it into the S&P. The challenge will be for you to hold that position through market ups and downs, good...
Because I lived in the Northeast during his casino days, I followed the creep and his misadventures. He has ALWAYS been a loser. From the New...
My experience has been that IBs OPG market order is efficient at the open, using Smart. Anything at the open involving stops or limits can leave...
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