Here ya go guys. I found another analogy...lol Pretend that you borrowed your neighbor's lawn mower, which your neighbor generously says you...
Yeah, a lot of people who don't trade much get confused with the concept of short selling. In your example, you would have sold stock you...
Best to check with your broker, and see what he requires. For example, maintaince might be as high as 50% if it is a concentrated position....
LOL...good one.
Sounds like a plan...but, I've heard averaging down can get you into some trouble. :D
IMHO...one of the better methods for day trading (having all positions closed at the end of the day) is just trading off intraday support and...
Yep, one of the reasons I quit doing it. I might make $500 one month, and then the next month the stock would surge to my stop in 2 days after I...
Yea, that's what I used to trade. It's still my favorite strategy. Back in the old days (late 80's), brokers required hefty accounts to protect...
Here's good site to get a lot of info on tax treatments for particular instruments. Green Tax
Thanks...nice article. Here's a quote from the article. "He never trades individual equity options. He considers there jump potential too...
There seems to be quite a few quys who do a lot of back-testing on this board. But if you don't get much help, you might take a look at this site....
You seem to be forgetting there are people reading these boards who don't know what a market order is. I just felt the post might be confusing to...
LOL...once again, I think we have a poster who's just joking. For those of you who aren't familiar with options, I wouldn't recommend using market...
Keep in mind, if you sell puts on a small stock, say the $10 range, you're gonna get maybe a 1/4 or 50 cents an option. You'll probably get...
LOL...I'm sure you're just being funny, but for the folks reading this thread, who aren't familiar with options, I wouldn't recommend buying...
I wasn't trying to start a fight, dude. I made a simple post about my experience, and this is what I get back. How would you have reacted?
Okay, if he was just curious and had no intention of selling 125 naked puts with a $50,000 account, then I'll just say "fuggedaboudit!!" ...lol...
No sh**,...he wanted to sell as many options as possible with a $50,000 account. Not a good idea...
Are you on the right thread?? The dude never said anything about doing a scalp trade. It sounded like he wanted to hold it for awhile. (even...
Sorry, replace the word "put" with "stock". I think you got my drift, though. I edited the original post.
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