Your example illustrates my point actually. If you were stupid enough to pick the worst stock ever to write covered calls on, DRYS, you would only...
Maybe if I had a multimillion $ account I could convince them. But yeah, they are not going to change policy for a low 5 figure account. With my...
They won't let me open an account since Im not 21 but 18. I have a many times their minimum deposit to put in and would be a great customer. I am...
Sorry about the loss. Have you considered perhaps changing to a covered call option writing strategy? I am sure you know as well as anyone how...
Its dropping like a rock now. Hope you got in. If only I had my brokers setup to trade copper. Just terrible.
Were going to have black Friday early this year.
DJIA -1000 contracts for today were last traded at 13 on intrade. It is gonna be bad for sure.
Its a bloodbath in the after hours futures market. We are 486 points negative right now on the dow futures. No way this can hold. I think 700+...
Options are getting insanely expensive. Honestly you can make 20% in a month selling calls (fully covered) on alot of stocks. I mean the stock...
You mean VIX futures? Or options? Not many brokers offer VIX futures, maybe ICE does check them.
Gold hitting year lows shortly after Cramer recommended it. No surprise there. My target is 600-650 gold and 7-8 dollar silver.
I am thinking about going short. I think we will see 1.50 sooner rather than later. Maybe we'll get some solid support in the low 1 dollar range....
That's a very interesting thought. We are experiencing massive price reductions in commodities which are priced in USD. If the exchange rates...
Yet another reason NOT to invest in hedge funds, or any type of "fund" for that matter.
The case shiller housing index measures the price of housing against a basket of other goods. This index has been around since the late 1800s and...
I clicked and got the figures of $810 initial, $610 maintenance for overnight. point = .005 = $12.50 or .01% = $25 today's yield = 1.10%...
Thanks for the link. You know the margin on those? 3 month seems to track 1 month pretty close so no real need for 1 month futures. Now I'm...
I remember not that long ago I saw that the 1 month t bill was yielding 0.01%. I heard also that it briefly dipped negative for the first time...
If your poor you get crappy spreads. If your rick and can trade euro futures or at dukascopy you get tight 1 pip spreads.
CF industries. 1 billion in cash, no debt, highly profitable and well positioned company.
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