In that area, yes. About 50-70 years ago, the evidence was not clear, and in fact MDs did commercials for cigarettes. But since then, anybody...
Amazing how some people can be brilliant in one area, but idiots in others.
He figured the markets, but not aging. [ATTACH]...
Our future looks like stagflation: slow to negative growth, with slightly higher inflation. Although slight dip, the money supply, both U.S. &...
Hard to believe that previously Socialist Brazil will lead the world back toward Freedom / Capitalism....
It would seem choice is senile vs senile and evil. Both obviously have Narcissistic personality disorder...
The IRS end-year reporting is not a big problem; accountant just goes and includes the wash-sale results that IB provide However, daily trading is...
IB help responded quickly, and will be changing my account so that stocks reflect both Average Cost Accounting and also will disable Wash Sales...
There are different concepts of professional trader. In above context, I was just referring to some brokerage firms charging higher fees for...
Per Trader Status with IRS, wash sales are ignored, and all positions are mark-to-market at the end of the year.
Thanks. I've been hesitant to ask IB, not wanting to raise issue that would qualify me as "professional trader," as there are higher fees, and...
For many years, for IRS purposes, I'm a "trader in stocks and stock options," but not in futures. The implication is that for stocks & stock...
I'm not buying 10 year-puts, but probably 1-3 month put spreads. And of course things could change, but I basically think trading from the short...
Depends upon how risk adverse one is. This is a trading site, and whether long or short, goal is to profit from short-term or even medium-term...
Not just "in case." Markets have traded for thousands of years, even hundreds in the U.S. It has only been maybe 20 years, where markets have...
Aside from the time and capital, commission savings, and fully using TBills for margins, would more than make-up for the fund fees. For an...
I am looking for a short stock and write put fund, or just a bear put spread. The simple case would be bear put spreads on SPY. But as for long...
Contrary to a recent thread "Forever Bull Market," I've been searching for a conservative bearish strategy. I'm aware of the buy puts, sell...
Why not just file an extension, giving you until mid-October to file completed tax forms? You need to pay the tax now, with the extension, or be...
Over long periods about 80 - 90 % of traders lose money, and country to what you imply, they generally do NOT use stop-loss orders / methodology....
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