S&P Futures IMMEDIATELY limit down -5% as soon as they opened tonight. Yep, this bitch is going to 1500 by the end of this month.
I'm thinking 1500 SPX by March 31 is very possible.
Another -35% drop from here in the next 7 trading days?
Yes, thanks.
So just to make sure I understand, day trades using margin where you buy and sell on the same day are never charged margin interest since you sold...
Thanks. I have another question...if I buy SPY using margin at 9:45 AM and sell at 10:15 AM the same morning, am I charged interest for the full...
So the T+3 doesn't matter at all with determining my buying power?
If my broker identifies me as a Pattern Day Trader, that means I can have 4 times the excess minimum maintenance margin requirement of $25,000. So...
Do you think Generation Y (people born from 1980 to about 2000) is the worst generation ever? Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (born 1961)...
When you sell an ETF does it always take 3 days to settle, even if you had held the ETF (with no trades) for years? What about buying an ETF?...
Could you explain a little more? Are you saying the guy in the OP is correct and HFT can't move the S&P 500?
I was chatting with a guy on a trading message board about high frequency trading (HFT) explaining that HFT can move the market (e.g. the S&P 500)...
They're both retarded. Every Elliott Wave technician has a different "wave count," and it was absolute complete coincidence that the Dow equaled...
Has anybody here used Investopedia for paper trading options? Does it correctly compute your option gains and losses? To me, it seems like it's...
I've looked into it, but my brokerage doesn't allow margin accounts with a Roth IRA, which is what I have.
I don't have a margin account.
I'm a little unclear about the 3 day settlement rule with short term trades. Normally when I buy a stock and hold it 3 days and sell, the...
It's not a bad print because even the official CBOE website says the low of the day was 13.45:...
I'm looking at the VXO chart (volatility index similar to VIX except it tracks the S&P 100 options instead of S&P 500 options), and there was a...
And immediately dropped. Is this a bad print? Or is it fear at the open rapidly dissipating? It lasted just a couple minutes, it appears....
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