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  1. Another easy money strategy

    You are ignoring the fact that the money you paid to buy the stock could be earning $3 in a risk free investment. That is the "cost to carry"...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 8, 2006 in forum: Options

  2. Another easy money strategy

    Sorry, you are right it was not you who calculated the cost of carry. Anyway, I don't see how the $3 arb is real because the cost to carry the...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 8, 2006 in forum: Options

  3. Another easy money strategy

    I don't understand how you can agree that the options are mis-priced. A couple of messages back you calculated the carry cost at 4.1%. If the...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 8, 2006 in forum: Options

  4. Another easy money strategy

    Strike-Putcredit=breakeven 75-10.8=64.2 So on the surface the original scenario looks like it has less risk, but if you add in the cost of...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 7, 2006 in forum: Options

  5. Another easy money strategy

    Oops, as other posters have suggested my break-even figure is wrong. My revised figure is $62.7 as Profitaker has already stated. Investment...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 7, 2006 in forum: Options

  6. For Directional traders

    I would have guessed that IB prohibits you from drawing down margin requirements and therefore would not have let you buy the call. Am I...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 7, 2006 in forum: Options

  7. Another easy money strategy

    If Apple falls below $50.40 at expiration your paper loss will be the difference between $50 and the price of Apple stock. In addition you will be...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 7, 2006 in forum: Options

  8. Is trading Gambling or not .."What say You" Vote here.

    Because your shirt has a practical, useful purpose. Stocks have no practical purpose, it's just a piece of paper. You can't eat it, wear it, nor...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 2, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  9. Is trading Gambling or not .."What say You" Vote here.

    I'll sell you a 1% share of my car for 100 times par value with only a few caveats: You can't ride in it, you can't tell me what to do with it,...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 2, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  10. Is trading Gambling or not .."What say You" Vote here.

    Well it's either gambling or investing and my vote is gambling. I might be willing to call it investing, but my definition of investing is...
    Post by: Don87109, Jan 2, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  11. Investing in Bonds

    I just remembered that IB doesn't pay interest on the first $10k and therefore depending on your total cash balance the total return can be a lot...
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 31, 2005 in forum: Trading

  12. Investing in Bonds

    Are the AAA corps paying more than IB's normal cash interest rate? As I recall IB currently pays about 4%. Don
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 31, 2005 in forum: Trading

  13. Investing in Bonds

    Thanks, craigatelite, I'll have to take another look at Muni's, but I am still leaning toward TIPS which yielded about 5.8% in the last year. With...
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 31, 2005 in forum: Trading

  14. Investing in Bonds

    Don't forget about the advantage of being able to margin bonds. If you don't care about margin than maybe CD's are okay. Don
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Trading

  15. Investing in Bonds

    Thanks, it worked. Looks pretty good, but I am having trouble with the date filter. It keeps telling me to enter in the YYYY/MM/DD format which I...
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Trading

  16. Investing in Bonds

    Good, I'm happy to hear that IB has decent bond capability. Can you give me a clue how to access their scanner or how to enter a CUSIP number?...
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Trading

  17. Investing in Bonds

    IB's bond capability is pretty lame. I don't even think they have a screener, at least I could not find one, and they only trade corporate bonds...
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Trading

  18. Investing in Bonds

    I don't think there is much difference between the two in a rising interest rate environment. Of course TIPS are tradable in the secondary market...
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Trading

  19. Investing in Bonds

    I think I know what you are talking about, but I don't know what you mean by a "B label bond". Perhaps you are talking about a credit rating....
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Trading

  20. Investing in Bonds

    True CD's have some pretty attractive rates, but for the same term generally bonds are a little higher especially if you consider the state tax...
    Post by: Don87109, Dec 29, 2005 in forum: Trading
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