Recent Content by optimusPrime

  1. A really interesting long-term chart that contextualizes this market rally

    The same thing that was responsible for the similar past events: CHEAP MONEY.
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 15, 2009 in forum: Trading

  2. If Dollar goes to hell, and that's a big if,

    Well if you don't believe me, then here is a graph of the US money supply....
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 7, 2009 in forum: Trading

  3. If Dollar goes to hell, and that's a big if,

    Yes, correct. But increase or decrease in availability of loans does not make any permanent changes to the money supply. Furthermore when the...
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 7, 2009 in forum: Trading

  4. If Dollar goes to hell, and that's a big if,

    I understand how fractional reserve banking works. First let's take the US gvt. out of the equation. The US gvt. does *not* control monetary...
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 7, 2009 in forum: Trading

  5. If Dollar goes to hell, and that's a big if,

    Not a single dollar is being destroyed by banks writing off loan losses. This money flowed into the economy the day the loan originated... If...
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 7, 2009 in forum: Trading

  6. The first few trades I've ever made...

    I understand this is less than chump change compared the kind of money most people trade here. These are all of my trades for the month of...
    Thread by: optimusPrime, Sep 3, 2009, 0 replies, in forum: Journals

  7. Forty percent of the volume is comprised of four used dogfood stocks

    Here we go again. Freddie, Fannie, AIG AND Lehman all up double digits.
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 3, 2009 in forum: Trading

  8. Timmmmmberrrr!

    OR, should it? HMmmmm. *scratches chin menacingly*
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 1, 2009 in forum: Trading

  9. Wonky AIG options prices?

    I was looking to buy jan11 puts on AIG and I noticed that some contracts were only good for 5 shares because of the 1:20 reverse split.. But why...
    Thread by: optimusPrime, Sep 1, 2009, 3 replies, in forum: Options

  10. What a crock

    See the google spike at 9am? I got out at the very top. Obv. I didn't know the big selloff was coming though...
    Post by: optimusPrime, Sep 1, 2009 in forum: Trading

  11. If Dollar goes to hell, and that's a big if,

    The only way the USD can "go up" is if: 1. Large quantities of USD are physically destroyed, written off or hoarded out of circulation. 2....
    Post by: optimusPrime, Aug 31, 2009 in forum: Trading

  12. If Dollar goes to hell, and that's a big if,

    It's not as simple as shorting the dollar. So you short the dollar. They're inflating the hell out of it, great you should be making tons of...
    Post by: optimusPrime, Aug 31, 2009 in forum: Trading

  13. Timmmmmberrrr!

    Seems like it's a pattern since july.
    Post by: optimusPrime, Aug 30, 2009 in forum: Trading