Damn, you may be right. In Japan they sell used schoolgirl panties from vending machines. Look what is happening there now. :eek:
I didn't read J-Law's post as saying floor traders try to sell premium, just that they would know that a lot of options expire. Of course a market...
The P&G portfolio looks pretty good, but the $3 million minimum might be a barrier to some people.
Was the guy just selling puts or something with no stops or other protection? Also, was he compounding his gains? If he made millions he should...
Thinkorswim virtual trading.
Damn! I put on 20 of these in paperMoney, closed out the short 575 put at 12 (from 11.20), and am up 1.32 already. Shoulda used real money....
Is this free money? GOOG double diagonal for 21.90 credit 575 - April put (Monthly expires 4/16) 580 + April2 put (Weekly expires 4/9) 585...
Good videos. Thanks for posting it. What happened to Dean?
I wish everyone would stop criticizing the Fed. Just shut up and eat your iPads.
Anyone know if the IRS ever made a decision on how to treat index ETFs like SPY and IWM?
Index options are reported on a different form. I don't recall the number, or whether you also need to put them on Sched D. Google is your friend....
Start a corporation. Call it General Eclectic or something similar and pay zero taxes.
Actually the best answer would be don't ask for or take tax advice on a forum, get professional assistance.
And yet Yahoo and TOS both report the open on the 17th as the same as the close on the 16th. Still it was "only" a 2.7% difference from the...
You need to file a Sched D for every year you have closed any positions. The closed positions will show up as pure profit unless you provide the...
Yeah, now that you mention it but not having any money in the game I guess I forgot.And wasn't it only one or two years back, or was that an...
Doesn't the Fed usually announce while the market is open? What I am really looking for is how much protection does a stop order on index or...
Any idea how SPX (or SPY) options work in that case? I recall having a position about 5 years ago and realizing the market was going to open...
I downloaded SPX data from Yahoo to check for major gaps from the previous close to the next open. The 50 biggest ones, both up and down, occurred...
If they're providing bad data then you have to trade badly in order to get good results But all the data isn't bad, so you have to know when to...
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