I have accounts at both Fidelity and Interactive. It appears to me that the margin requirements of the two are very different. Fidelity's are...
There are some options on BBD (Banco Bradesco ADRs) that I'd like some opinions on. First off, BBD is excellent/well run Brasilian bank with no...
What brix do you use to convert the ss product you buy in the High Street shops to lbs solid? And how do you handle the quid/usd x-r?
1974 Jaguar XKE Convertible The E-type Jaguar is the epitome of British craftsmanship, performance and beauty. It has long been held in high...
I just wonder what success (or otherwise) people have had . . .
A 2000 model SL600 Mercedes. Nifty V12 with hardtop and ragtop. A 1965 Austin Healey J8 Mark III -- truly a classic. Ragtop. A 1974...
I ended up doing it in thirds -- bought one unit of SPY, sold one unit of 105 puts and one unit of 115 puts . . . .
First -- make a list of stocks you'd like to own if they got real cheap. Then put "silly stupid" GTC orders in. I managed to sell F10 HIG $5...
And it "used" to be that a 2+% daily move made headlines . . . maybe little headlines, but headlines. I've been selling long dated puts on...
If it was a snake it would have bit me -- it's the obvious solution and I ought have thought of it myself. Thank you. Would it be right...
What is the best vehicle to use to get short the long bond?
I'm long some 110 H9 puts on SPY and (a) don't want to take the capital gain this year but (b) want to lock in a good part of the profit. What is...
My impression is that trading the WTI instead of QM is the way to go -- any other opinions? Rationale? I haven't been able to figure out how...
Is there a collection of the definitions of a bunch of the slang that you all use? ( swing trade, front end, etc, etc ) And then a 2nd one....
What if they'd never changed the components of the DJIA? Or, more accurately, what if the last "n" changes weren't made, and the previous "n",...
Depends which pits, I suspect -- and how big your account is. Best best best is to find the leading commercial broker with a bigger house like...
What's the best way to get long gold for the "longer term" ? Short, I guess, of buying bullion. Moving long futures forward in a carry market...
i'm a relative newbie to IB and the Asian markets -- and wonder what the considered opinion is about best vehicle to use to get short Nikei . . . .
So if there is any "mispricing" in all of it, doesn't it seem it would be thus: 1) Underlying -- overvalued 2) OTM calls -- undervalued 3)...
Maverick made this point many pages back. I think you are beginning to see why guys pay 750k for a seat on the CBOE. And I think you are...
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