Derek Chauvin had a private attorney for his murder trial. It now appears that he is asking for a court-appointed attorney, at taxpayer expense,...
Did you read the Reuters article that is linked in the original post? Do you think it's just fake news? The reporters at Reuters just made this...
I think in some communities, Girl Scouts still go door-to-door selling cookies. Of course they don't get paid for that, and it's not considered...
If you search public records at any county courthouse in the USA, and look at foreclosure cases, you will find many, many cases in which the party...
What are you talking about? The US government does not buy mortgage loans. Most mortgage loans are packaged and sold on the secondary market to...
What leads you to think that she is Russian? I don't see any reference to Russia anywhere in this thread. Did I miss it somehow?
Yeah, but that was probably not a violation of child labor laws. In the USA, teenagers are permitted to work at certain jobs, only during certain...
@Nady Would you care to tell us: What country you live in What country your account is based in Which broker you use
Hmmm... my original post contains an obvious typo. I did not short the 180P LOL that leg was the 105P.
It's brilliant. When their employees or contractors get hurt on the job, they'll make money off the treatment. It's a great hedge. They're...
Brokers use all kinds of rules and limitations that don't really make sense on a logical or mathematical level. For example, even in a margin...
Yes, you are correct, but the broker will not treat it as a spread. It will be treated as two separate positions: a long put and a cash-secured...
Yes, that is exactly what it was. It looks like it's already fixed, as of today's close. But they were using a stock symbol that had WI...
The formula you are describing is not used to calculate the "unsettled cash." That formula is the "margin requirement" for cash-secured puts. I...
My account is still a little fouled up for a completely different reason. GSK did some sort of spinoff. I was holding 100 shares of the ADR. Now I...
I don't think any US broker allows option spreads in a cash account, and that's a deal breaker for most option traders. A cash account simply...
Legal counsel?? WTF you talkin' bout, Dude? [LOL] Musk doesn't listen to his lawyers.
Monday morning I opened a short strangle in GME. Sold short the 185C and the 180P, expiring 07/22 (today). So I log in this morning before the...
The stock borrow fees are displayed in Schwab's platform when placing an order to sell short. And they did indeed send messages informing us that...
We shorted GME for a little over two weeks. Sold 200 shares short for 116.50 on 05/27 and bought to cover for 117.50 on 06/13. Yes, it was a...
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