Good point. I'm talking about equities trading only, with some equities options once in a while. Mostly just buy/sell USA stocks.
Hello, Does anyone have experience with Interactive Brokers. They have $1.00 trades, which is great if you want to take many small positions. I...
Hello, Sometimes there are companies that are growing revenues, but still operating at a loss. It can be a new company, or an old company doing...
Hello, Suppose you bought 100 shares of stock XYZ for $20.04 You also bought 100 shares of the same stock at $20.30 You write a single in the...
This is a nice trading screen. What platform is it?
thanks. another way of looking at it. maybe do a mix of investing on individual stocks and then put the rest in an index fund.
Hello, Until a few weeks ago, Yahoo had a simple web url api: http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=AAPL+FB+MSFT ... So you could put in...
Hello, Suppose selling a stock has a $5 transaction fee ($5 buy, $5 sell). Do you marry each transaction cost to the security buy/sell? Or do...
If you are talking about a U.S. corporation, get a good accountant. Any good local CPA will be a wizard at this. You don't need to go to a fancy...
Thank you. So between 9 and 33. What is the general concept for a large portfolio compared to a small one? Maybe $100,000 or less is small and...
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Is this portfolio only a small part of your investments? I can't imagine putting all of your investment capital into one stock. I guess its...
I think it is fine for hedge funds to do unusual things. But they must communicate their plans up-front to their investors and then follow the...
Hello, What is a good amount of stocks to have in your portfolio (ignoring transaction costs)? I was thinking maybe 20-30 would be good. That...
Hello, As I do more trades, it becomes more important to have an efficient method to keep track of things. For tax purposes and keeping track...
Hello, Thank you for your reply. I'm new at options. I think the number of open interests is a sign of liquidity? 1000 open interests seems...
Hello, I'm looking at a slightly out of the money sell-to-open covered call for a few weeks from now. It has this: 0 bid, $0.65 ask, 1000 open...
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Hello, I am reading about about how you can "buy back" a covered call you sold. You would do this if the stock is losing value and you want to...
Hello, I am new to options. I am interested in a selling a covered call on a stock that I own. The bid/ask is $1.45/$2.00. What is a realistic...
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