I do have to advocate for the lad in a sense, you can't honestly build up enough savings in this day and age to do it right IMO (at least for most...
COMAGNUM, it's weird, but 200K seems to be the number I would need in capital to make a living with the system I'm using. I have a lot less than...
Anyone care to share their favorite strategy for a black swan? I was thinking about selling leaps for the higher premium.
Accumulate to Speculate, this indeed works. I've used this as a basis for a mechanical strategy over the past months and it works as designed, I...
Generally I've found, or I seem to think that trading is more popular in the UK than in the US. That might not be true around cities like New York...
As a retail trader, it has taken me years to become successful with equities and options, and I think a lot of the lack of futures interest has to...
Trading is 98 percent psychology and 2 percent luck. Have you listened to Mark Douglas' videos widely available on youtube? If you can crack the...
Was just pondering when the tax cut bill will be signed pen on paper, and how normally mark to market entities will sell this month into January....
Sorry I mis-stated. Slighty OTM call credit spread mirrors a slightly ITM put debit spread, same strikes. Similar to a CC, but has a downward hook...
Greetings, I use a buy/write aka covered call in one of my multi-legged strategies. Lately, I've been looking into some way to substitute the...
Hedging is done to reduce risk, reducing leverage also works. More to the point, I was thinking about letting a breakout develop and then closing...
Thank You SLE, Do you mind sharing some of the dividend ideas?
Hello, Interested if anyone uses the forex carry trade concept with stocks. Maybe find a correlated pair? Short the low yield stock, buy the...
I would be interested if anyone employs a strategy to hedge their forex positions. It has been expressed to me one way is to have multiple...
For us small time guys.....being classified as an investor rather than an entity is better in the US, IMO.
I'd imagine as your capital base grows this could be a significant move, from the research I've done it would seem better to create an entity in...
What I am presenting is the hypothetical situation of a person transitioning from having a day job to being a full time trader/investor (without a...
Better to have a dedicated "escrow" or other account. Take loan, pay any fees up front, calculate payments for one year. Put this amount into your...
Just curious if anyone would share their carry trade strategy.
This post might be a somewhat different flavor, I reside in the US, and although I've thought about the possible benefits for forming an entity to...
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