California by itself is one of the worlds largest economies ranking in at 5 or 6 iirc. I wish California would secede then we could stop paying...
The NRA should pay ! (not sarcasm) Shouldn't everyone have the right to buy semi-automatic weapons in any quantity you can afford the purchase...
The comments in the article are GREAT lolz
The underlying matters ~ If you're trying to leg into an option with a bid/ask 1.00/1.10 and .25/.35 you might get an easier fill by entering...
20 random preferred stocks: psa-pa stag-pa aiv-pz aev mer-pm bac-ph c-ps dxb rnr-pc sdo-pc aht-pa cuz-pa dlr-pe kim-ph...
If a position is 30% of the portfolio then it's not eligible for PM and has a 30% margin req - iirc. Hey IB rep can you clarify on the prefd...
I do realize at 6:1 with a 15% loss that I'd be wiped out. I figure I could go 2-2.5x with high yield instruments like Prefd stock & Prefd...
So I have to admit the commercials from IB talking about leveraging up and paying only ~1.5% interest have piqued my interest enough that I'm...
Stick with longer dated options IMO. Minimum 4 months. You'll have more time to be right. It appears that you're account value is small...
Yes please allow the RMB to float freely, so we can watch China's currency appreciate and their already deck of cards economy fail. Some years...
hajimow I thought you were a rebate trader with like a 7 digit account ? you say 85% of your account is in one position ? I LOVE Yahoo Finance...
You can't open new orders in split securities - see my answer in the options thread for more detailed answer. ps no need to ask twice in...
UNG did TWO splits which is why you see UNG2 instead of UNG1 ~ if you look at the Jan 13 4$ Puts you'll see both UNG1+2 there. You can NOT...
There were alot of crazy moves late on Friday - 10-30% moves in the last 20 minutes til the end of the day. Many heavily shorted stocks that...
Sorry to disappoint, but I never bought ZNGA. No debt and money in the bank ZNGA could get snatched up by FB - but at what price ?
Rangetrader what do you think of ZNGA at current valuation ? I think most people/analysts who don't like the stock have never played a...
I use eOptions, Optionshouse and AMTD (TOS) ~ eO has a beyond terrible website and their basic platform eOptionDirect is um very basic...
I'd say you should try some diversification ~ along with some put buying to offset your calls. On uncovered calls/puts I try to stay 1-2% per...
No vote on Monday's action but in the next month I see a rise and perhaps a huge rise ~ More money has to get printed - I don't think there...
^^Or a hot summer, or a hurricane(s), or big mon-ied corporations to stop interfering with the politics of shipping NatGas out of the US. Or...
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