With that much effort, I think I could probably make up for the tax and then some just trading like normal. Which is worse, tax or commissions?
Yeah, it's a pretty good read. Not difficult be any means, but I like her writing style. On a different note. SHLD found resistance again...
This has always been an issue for those in the digital photography business that have to keep high quality files for a significant amount of time....
Yes, I noticed that before. That is why I made my second statement. Because your strategy is pretty much a leveraged covered call, you are...
What I can say to you ROB is that it seems from my perspective that most of your problems could've been solved by using a similar method to mine....
I forgot to mention one more thing. If you are REALLY right on the direction (i.e. the underlying moves big the opposite way of your short leg),...
I'm going to have to agree with Momoney to some degree. With many companies, the b/a spread is going to be minimal compared next to the price of...
One thing that I think is interesting is how good everything looks on paper. I think that is why many mistakes are repeated. The person warning...
Just wondering what is attracting you to DLP?
There goes AAPL today! Blast off!!! Nice!!!! RIMM is getting down to the point where I am about to trade it. The company is plagued by...
On that straddle, are you worried at all about the IV crashing once the report comes out? My experience with straddles on ER days is that more...
Looking at AAPL and RIMM. Both broke through resistence Friday. Might make a pretty good bullish trade. I'm a little concerned that they were...
The above statement is partially true in my experience. You won't really make MUCH money if you only ALLOT 1% of your money to any single trade,...
Interesting point. I guess the emphasis for you would be to make sure that those failures remain as small as possible. Myself, I've had both big...
Yes, just in my trading account. In a long term account you don't really need to have CASH necessarily. Assets are allocated differently. But I...
Scratch that. I just took profits on PAAS. Decided that I was just chasing pennies. 3-week 50% profit. In two more weeks I could've made...
Not a bad recommendation for beginners. In fact, I am in DJX right now. VERY LIQUID. I like them for the tax treatment. Just be careful of one...
Certain options books are easy to understand, but those ones aren't any better than looking up any article titled "Options 101" on the internet....
Sorry to hear about that. As soon as I make this statement I will get bombarded by posts from IB supporters. I have heard A LOT of complaints...
Does everyone subscribe to the following? "A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others." I agree...
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