While commissions are a drag, this statement only holds true if you believe in efficient markets. But there are mispricings that create positive...
are they reverse splitting?
how do you buy calls and not know the settlement? couldn't that be dangerous?
OTC in the equity world with decent margin requires 50-100MM. WIth crap margin, you can get away with 2MM-10MM (fully collateralized, etc).. But...
it's not uncommon for options to trade in 20-40,000 lot blocks.. that's 20MM to 40MM share equivalents. It's a big market. And in index, it's...
That is correct. You would need an increase in implied vol to equal the theta decay of the junes. That is not likely so your upside is lower than...
i think obama didn't work for goldman... but maybe he ran their nigeria office. i don't think there is another firm that has more powerful...
commissions and bid offer will eat you alive. a round trip for an option is about 3-5 cents on the most liquid names. and you have all sorts of...
Not to mention that if SLV calms down (allowing shortie's mays to expire profitable, the implied vol in the junes will come in a lot. and given...
If you pick the right stock and option you could put a mid market bid/offer out there in one account and hit/lift it with the other. this would...
isn't one of the points of trading that if you are successful you can enjoy a nice living with a decent amount of free time?
Separate accounts are ideal and I have thought about splitting up my stuff into separate accounts by strategy: buy and hold and trading. But you...
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I want to trade with sbc!
but you can blow up on the trade before that happens. And that's the likely scenario. Odds are against you that it will be quiet from here on. And...
A stock that has moved 6% today, will probably move 6% tomorrow and the day after. Why sell any kind of option?
+1. High hurdle rates increase the probability of failure. And in this case failure has a substantial cost.
I guess one could argue that speculators drive the price of oil to it's "proper" price too fast; and that consumers need to adjust commodities...
The price is higher no doubt because of improved access for investors. But that only implies that the original price was artificially low. The...
I keep it all in one account but keep track on a spreadsheet. I then make sure I get the cost basis right when i unwind. This way I can use the...
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