Recent Content by Matix04

  1. Serious Tax Issue

    OK, so what started off as a dream has now turned into a nightmare. Long story short, I turned a small sum of money (around $3,500) into a six...
    Thread by: Matix04, Feb 16, 2009, 24 replies, in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  2. Tax Help - Futures / Options

    I mostly played options on equities like potash. I made quite a large sum of money this year, and then lost a large portion of it in futures. I...
    Post by: Matix04, Nov 17, 2008 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  3. Tax Help - Futures / Options

    Thanks for the info. The futures trade I did was on the YM, but I typically trade stock options, so they are taxed at a normal rate.
    Post by: Matix04, Nov 17, 2008 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  4. Tax Help - Futures / Options

    Hi guys, I typically trade options, but decided to trade futures when the VIX got too high. Unfortunately, I took a large loss. Will my...
    Thread by: Matix04, Nov 17, 2008, 5 replies, in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  5. what did your "learning curve" cost in time and money?

    I've been trading for about 3 years. The first year and a half was with only a few hundred dollars, because I knew that there was a learning...
    Post by: Matix04, Sep 16, 2008 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Daytrading & FNRA rules

    Penson? Option Trader? My guess is that you are using thinkorswim. I'm using them for my options trades and actually got a margin call today. I...
    Post by: Matix04, Sep 10, 2008 in forum: Trading

  7. Any live streams of Bernanke's speech on the net?

    I'm sure cnbc.com will have a direct link on the front page as they normally do.
    Post by: Matix04, Jan 30, 2008 in forum: Trading

  8. Is there a forum on this board where real discussions take place?

    Please, if there's a forum on this board where discussions about trading take place, point me to it. This forum is named TRADING, but all I see...
    Thread by: Matix04, Jan 23, 2008, 12 replies, in forum: Trading

  9. Sector ETFs

    Thanks for the info and the link. I found another site which has Sector ETF performance listed, located here: http://www.stockselector.com/ I...
    Post by: Matix04, Jan 23, 2008 in forum: ETFs

  10. Sector ETFs

    Hey guys, With the comparison of the VIX and INDU (which I understand has been covered), we can see there is a good indication that this is a...
    Thread by: Matix04, Jan 23, 2008, 2 replies, in forum: ETFs

  11. Stock price changes while options stay the same

    Through the use of ivolatility.com, it calculted that when I first purchased the options, the IV was around 150%, while it is now around 130%.
    Post by: Matix04, Dec 31, 2007 in forum: Options