desperate, You have to ask yourself who you are before you can come up with a solution. Do you want to be self employed or work for a big firm?...
Thanks for all the input. Robert, great explanation of the difference between naz and listed. However, my firm does not have bullets, so I am...
I am going to create a bullet by buying 5000 ORCL (closed at 9.96) and buying 50 Nov 12.5 puts (for around 2.60). Total cost including time decay...
The book is worthless. Read Mcmillan , yates, natenberg.
I thought this sight was called elite trader not elite investor. Using PE's is a buch of hog wash! Take a look at any growth stock from the past...
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Hey Mr. X - shouldn't you be getting short the ES right now?
Dumtom, On the nasdaq, you want to learn on a "thick" stock. i.e. a stock that has many participants at each tier level. The thickest is CSCO,...
A fellow trader was telling me that listed is easier to daytrade than otc. For fun I traded a little GM today and I don't see what the appeal is....
Seanote, good entry on your shorts from a few days ago! We could be seeing a bad number from IBM and another major company might warn tonight...
Aphie, pity you didn't keep the spy short till tomorrow. Ibm's number out any minute any we could get a major company warning on earnings...
Aphie, Don't let the fact that everyone gave you a hard time about not trading become a motive to "trade too much". Slow down, stick with one...
Since the market goes down every time the president speaks - and seems to recover once he is done speaking I am going to try a new strategy. This...
Every time georgie speaks the markets go down - he is the best indicator in the market.
currently sp future is 872 and sp spot is 871.9. Premium is 0.1
I saw the s&p premium at 9.0+ on the open this morning. Usually don't see it that high. Am curious - how usual is a number this high? Also on...
36 years old. Bs in Finance. Started out at the Chicago Board of Trade in the ten year treasury note pit in 89. Currently a stockbroker, series...
Aphie, there is only one way to initiate a credit spread. Put in the order on one ticket as a net credit. As someone else mentioned, margin...
aphie, firstly the margin req for this position would be 20% of the position plus the premium less the out of the money amount. So 10 puts...
Well, I don't know what is the correct answer, but I know what works for me. I trade in increments of 5000 shares building up to 20,000...
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