Recent Content by svg

  1. Dell says 3PAR accepts its upped offer of $24.30

    You've got it backwards. It's the other way around. Gives HP's huge global salesforce something new to sell to their clients. Regardless, it's a...
    Post by: svg, Aug 27, 2010 in forum: Stocks

  2. BNI Puts

    1) Time = money. How long will it take to close? Is there a better use of my money? 2) Risk of the deal busting. In this deal, there's also...
    Post by: svg, Nov 17, 2009 in forum: Options

  3. BNI Puts

    lmao. No offense to the OP, but that was a very poorly thought out trade. Made no sense whatsoever. Of all the things to buy puts on, BNI at...
    Post by: svg, Nov 15, 2009 in forum: Options

  4. Why most traders are losers

    You knew no such thing. "going up that fast". How precise! Clearly we've been looking at the wrong things all these years, fellow traders. All...
    Post by: svg, Jul 15, 2009 in forum: Trading

  5. Writing US options on a Canadian listed stock

    Well, I ended up doing covered writes on BOTH exchanges. As an earlier poster pointed out, the currency could have ended up being a problem, so I...
    Post by: svg, Jul 11, 2009 in forum: Options

  6. SPX iron condor trade

    I agree. It was late and I should have given that more thought/detail. My apologies. As for the spreads, you're right re: SPX. Again, I was...
    Post by: svg, Jul 10, 2009 in forum: Options

  7. SPX iron condor trade

    Excellent advice. I hope OP listens (and disregards some of the other advice). Your spreads are too wide. Narrow them and/or reduce # of...
    Post by: svg, Jul 9, 2009 in forum: Options

  8. Writing US options on a Canadian listed stock

    Thanks for the replies. I do understand the implications of the trade. Because the options contract would be US for the US-based stock, of...
    Post by: svg, Jul 9, 2009 in forum: Options

  9. Writing US options on a Canadian listed stock

    I want to write covered calls on a stock that is listed on both the TSX and NYSE. I would write the US listed calls (tighter spreads and better...
    Thread by: svg, Jul 9, 2009, 9 replies, in forum: Options