someone asked about options margin...... Whenever a person sells ( writes ) an option they are on margin and there are margin requirements to be...
that's interesting about the 4:1 margin. I don't use stock margin much, preferring to use options when I want leverage, but I had always thought...
doubling down has very negative emotions attached to it for me. It has never worked for me and I've decided not to do it anymore.
it is possible that there will be a "capitulation" ( don't you love buzzwords ) in the next week or so. If you have money that you can truly...
wow, somebody had the guts to lay that question right out there. My hat is off to you. I think the basic problem is that there are many people who...
your right steved , the dow would probably be under 100.
cashonly is right on. you have to quite at least for a while since you promised yourself that you would. Discipline.
if you are into options or swing trading at all I would read Trader Vic.
actually I too set a $5 loss limit when I first started and yes, I hit it . I didn't trade at all for a month. Basically, I put myself in time...
there are a lot of overnight traders out there. Nothing wrong with it. I bought calls on the XAU yesterday afternoon and sold them this morning,...
as far as whether you should study the winners or the losers, i guess that depends upon your personality. as far as trying to daytrade stocks...
actually, if a firm was operating as a "bucket shop", how would they get caught? When they screw up and go bankrupt cause their customers are...
true qaz, yet another reason why I like options.
if you don't have the discipline to quit then you don't have the discipline to trade either. I would quit for at least a few months and go...
most daytraders have a very high percentage of winning trades vs. losing trades, and a high percentage of winning days vs. losing days, and yet...
someone previous said "For me, it works like this: + 1500, +780, + 2000, + 1250, + 3000, - 15,000. There goes my week." that is the whole...
bear call spread ( sell the more expensive call ) if i'm looking for a dip and bull put spread ( sell the more expensive put ) if im looking for a...
I like swing trading and credit spreads.
its all just economies of scale to me. All of the really big firms self clear because it is much cheaper for them. If a firm doesn't self clear it...
you know the funny thing is, in 1999 somebody might have given him the money :)
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