Recent Content by optionsgirl

  1. Raise the debt limit -- or cut $738 billion

    http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/mc-dc-toomey-debt-20110216,0,1127935.story "Toomey says the ceiling can be hit and the United States would...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Feb 19, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  2. $25,000 minimum for daytrading needs to be changed

    Well, this is confusing... http://www.finra.org/Investors/SmartInvesting/AdvancedInvesting/DayTrading/P005906 "Day trading in a cash account...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Feb 17, 2011 in forum: Trading

  3. $25,000 minimum for daytrading needs to be changed

    Well, since the PDT rule is for margin accounts and not cash accounts, this isn't as restrictive as I thought it was, but then again I prefer...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Feb 11, 2011 in forum: Trading

  4. Long options and avoiding excercise...

    Well, I just wished that my broker made it more "efficient" to not exercise an option. On my broker's web platform, I see no way to opt out of...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Feb 6, 2011 in forum: Options

  5. Option Pricing Efficiency

    Well, Mister Black Swan himself, Nassim Taleb, is very biased towards long options. His firm Empirica used only long far out of the money...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Feb 6, 2011 in forum: Options

  6. neither TA not FA?

    Care to mention them or was that just a tease? :p
    Post by: optionsgirl, Feb 4, 2011 in forum: Trading

  7. Long options and avoiding excercise...

    I'd like to revisit this topic. I remember reading here about an option owner being forced to exercise his long options. On expiration day, he...
    Thread by: optionsgirl, Feb 2, 2011, 10 replies, in forum: Options

  8. Jim Rogers

    I would agree with the renminbi, but how liquid is the renminbi? Also, what does he mean buy the panic? No one in their right mind would buy...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Feb 2, 2011 in forum: Trading

  9. Lightspeed Jacks Up Commissions

    So are the new prices just for new customers or everyone?
    Post by: optionsgirl, Jan 23, 2011 in forum: Retail Brokers

  10. US deficit hits $14 trillion! History made!!!

    Well it's not too bad, Japan has a higher debt/GDP ratio of almost 200%. The US just have around a measly 100% of gdp. :p
    Post by: optionsgirl, Jan 23, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  11. At $50 Billion, Facebook Looks Cheap!

    Does anyone remember Friendster?
    Post by: optionsgirl, Jan 22, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  12. Can't Get Back On The Horse

    For what it's worth, I thought the original post was about self trading doubt and reassessment. I didn't really see anything arrogant about it. I...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Jan 21, 2011 in forum: Options

  13. Interesting article about trading parasites - aka HFTs

    I wondering where in the SEC's regulation specifies that this is illegal. It's also hard to prove that someone cancels an order to manipulate the...
    Post by: optionsgirl, Jan 18, 2011 in forum: Trading

  14. Profit-Loss ratios on spreads vs. nakeds

    Thanks for the clarifications. I think I would rather side with the old timer's dual usage of the term "naked". :)
    Post by: optionsgirl, Jan 13, 2011 in forum: Options