Recent Content by mwerbe

  1. How to make money trading in this market?

    First get an account at a reasonably priced brokerage firm like interactive brokers, second don't daytrade options the spreads will kill you,...
    Post by: mwerbe, Feb 6, 2009 in forum: Trading

  2. Srs

    course you can do what you want with any trading vehicle, plenty of people use etf's for long term investments even inverse short ones. Personally...
    Post by: mwerbe, Dec 14, 2008 in forum: Stocks

  3. Srs

    srs is a proshares ultra short 2x leveraged etf the stupidest product to destroy wealth created in recent memory except for the new 3x leveraged...
    Post by: mwerbe, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: Stocks

  4. Every major bear is now bullish

    ritholz is still 70% cash and thinks you can buy assets you like 50% lower at some point that's not quit bullish imo. Fleckenstein probably wants...
    Post by: mwerbe, Dec 6, 2008 in forum: Trading

  5. Market Should Have Strong Rally This Week

    The government can't force people to take risk with there investments, we are in a period of caution by the institutions who have obligations to...
    Post by: mwerbe, Nov 30, 2008 in forum: Trading

  6. Market Should Have Strong Rally This Week

    401k liquidations on reading year end statements and the big life insurance companies liquidating there investments to pay off policy holders...
    Post by: mwerbe, Nov 30, 2008 in forum: Trading

  7. IB: earn interest on the first $10,000 with a GBP account?

    if you live in europe you must have money denominated in euros so you are already taking currency risk every day by being long the euro:), if all...
    Post by: mwerbe, Nov 13, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. IB no interest on Cash balances - Any Options

    smartest option is probably to put the money in a bond etf such as shy (short term treasury) or lqd (high quality corporates) or hyg (junk bonds),...
    Post by: mwerbe, Nov 13, 2008 in forum: Trading

  9. Black Swans Win Big

    if 100% of the money was in way out of the money puts the first positive quarter would wipe you out. The return on the treasuries is probably how...
    Post by: mwerbe, Nov 3, 2008 in forum: Wall St. News

  10. New Rules Again? Is Market Manipulation allowed now?

    the system broke when lehman collapsed, it caused a lot of forced liquidation along with hedge fund and mutual fund redemptions causing a string...
    Post by: mwerbe, Oct 13, 2008 in forum: Trading

  11. Is Arcabook Equities at IB worth the $10 a month?

    you get poor ib charts of arca stocks, personally wouldn't bother with level 2 if you are into looking at order flow they have more detailed stuff...
    Post by: mwerbe, Oct 3, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. naked call assignment

    short selling ban lifted as of oct 8th so all oct options are fine to short even ridiculously out of the money gs puts lol
    Post by: mwerbe, Oct 3, 2008 in forum: Trading

  13. Has Lehman filed for Bankruptcy?

    wsj reporting merrill deal is done at $29 a share wow glad i'm not short that one
    Post by: mwerbe, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: Trading

  14. Has Lehman filed for Bankruptcy?

    lehman was dead as soon as it was apparent no one was willing to buy them at any price and they admitted they wanted to sell part of there asset...
    Post by: mwerbe, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: Trading

  15. Question about MER stock price

    lol the price will be lower like 25.50 if the offer is 26 until the deal actually closes, the arb funds would have a field day shorting the stock...
    Post by: mwerbe, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: Trading