how is it tax free? doesn't that depend on the jurisdiction and account type of the investor?
I think you can buy seats on the CBOE or CME for relatively cheap. And what's more the seats are assets so you can actually profit by selling them.
ptjron, nice trade.
I had a similar issue last year. I had 1000 SPY callspreads expiring which were close to the upper strike and I didn't have nearly enough money to...
i believe there are capital requirements to be a market maker. You might be required to have like a million dollars of equity or something. In...
The reality is that some market maker will be willing to take your options but they might pay 1 -2 cents less than intrinsic (their edge to their...
Forex, How about you post your google trade while you are at it.
Reminds me of that famous Warren Buffet quote: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.
if your backtesting is really complicated, wouldn't it be better to purchase option data and program it yourself in excel or matlab or another...
jkgraham, If you are trying to learn about option greeks, you should look at something closer to 1 month options. Weekly options around...
Craig, I have had the same problem too. The only thing that works for me is to restart everything. Another issue I am having is that Etrade...
I agree Howard, except that a lot of brokers use last trade to mark to market, which is annoying in options.
I didn't know that you could get a mortgage from Goldman Sachs. I agree with your sentiment about the risk being cut up. I'm just saying that the...
You refer to your self in the 3rd person?
Is failure less lonely in this career path?
You are either a simpelton, a tool, or twelve years old.
I forgot that the TLC channel deserves some blame for producing a show called "Flip this house" where viewers saw some bozo buy a perfectly good...
Fanews, you mentioned several other people who were also to blame in your own post. From credit agencies to people who were being financially...
Wow. That's kind of immature. I'm not anyone's agent. I'm not saying the banks did no wrong. But they aren't the only ones at fault here....
And by the way, if an investor doesn't do his homework and then loses money, he can't complain to anyone else. No one was required to buy a...
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