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  1. Today is a good day for China.

    [MEDIA]
    Post by: Bum, Aug 5, 2019 in forum: Economics

  2. U.S. Corn Acres

    Aug. 12th likely to be "wild". ***83.5 million planted acres (corn) too low IMO. [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
    Post by: Bum, Aug 5, 2019 in forum: Commodity Futures

  3. Please help me, option market making risk return, thanks

    If you've read any stories of other "famous" traders, some of them started out in the business with pretty "minimal" jobs but it was the "foot in...
    Post by: Bum, Aug 4, 2019 in forum: Options

  4. BYND, Short call assigned on hard to borrow on Interactive Broker

    There's a limited amount of equity (outstanding shares) available so to short you need to borrow the shares & pay the fee. With futures, new...
    Post by: Bum, Aug 4, 2019 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. Wealth Should Trickle Up, Not Down

    Every spending project puts a few bucks in a few pockets & buys a few more votes. A buck for you.....a buck for you.....EVERYONE gets a buck!!!...
    Post by: Bum, Aug 3, 2019 in forum: Economics

  6. Are these Opt order types similar ?

    If your broker tells you one is low risk and the other high risk then maybe someone should explain to them why they have the same $$ risk. :)
    Post by: Bum, Aug 3, 2019 in forum: Options

  7. Are these Opt order types similar ?

    Covered Call: Long 100 XYZ and sell 1 call Covered Put: Short 100 XYZ and sell 1 put ***Futures would be the same except you'd sell 1 call/put...
    Post by: Bum, Aug 3, 2019 in forum: Options

  8. Put writing and margin requirements

    Yes, it's considered "selling naked puts" because you have no protection. Example: Naked........Sell $90 put on a $100 stock. Losses continue...
    Post by: Bum, Aug 2, 2019 in forum: Options

  9. Put writing and margin requirements

    Not very likely you'd get a margin call unless you're selling puts on very speculative stocks or the market really crashed, which is possible....
    Post by: Bum, Aug 2, 2019 in forum: Options

  10. Wealth Comes Not From How Much You Make But How Much You Save

    #1 reason why so many live paycheck-to-paycheck IMO. Increase the pay by 10% to all employees & most will still live paycheck-to-paycheck as...
    Post by: Bum, Aug 1, 2019 in forum: Wall St. News

  11. Opening a new brokerage account in 2012, which one should I choose?

    Think IB will beat all of them on commissions.
    Post by: Bum, Aug 1, 2019 in forum: Chit Chat

  12. yellow jacket trading strategy

    #1 on your list is what the article was referring to. Just make sure you're testing this as a LONG-ONLY strategy. BUY at the close of today then...
    Post by: Bum, Aug 1, 2019 in forum: Trading

  13. Are credit spreads as risky as naked sell of opts ?

    You're focused on margin & I'm focused on $$. I'll leave my previous response as is with no further comment. :thumbsup:
    Post by: Bum, Jul 31, 2019 in forum: Options

  14. yellow jacket trading strategy

    Before testing many years of data, test your own computer backtest by manually testing the last 10 days & compare to your computer backtest....
    Post by: Bum, Jul 31, 2019 in forum: Trading

  15. yellow jacket trading strategy

    Buy just before the close every day and close it @ the open of next day :)...
    Post by: Bum, Jul 30, 2019 in forum: Trading

  16. Why are big banks cutting trading jobs in the current very long bull market?

    Money leaving "active" trading accounts & moving to passive ETFs. No need for traders to pick & choose stocks. In general, traders will do worse...
    Post by: Bum, Jul 30, 2019 in forum: Professional Trading

  17. Are credit spreads as risky as naked sell of opts ?

    EDIT: Meant to say "sell 110 naked call" not "put" ***They need to leave a longer "edit" period :-)
    Post by: Bum, Jul 29, 2019 in forum: Options

  18. Are credit spreads as risky as naked sell of opts ?

    Looking @ options trading from a % rather than $$ is a mistake IMO. Options trading will usually have greater % returns/losses but the focus...
    Post by: Bum, Jul 29, 2019 in forum: Options

  19. Are credit spreads as risky as naked sell of opts ?

    "Credit Default Swaps" is not "credit spreads".
    Post by: Bum, Jul 29, 2019 in forum: Options

  20. Are credit spreads as risky as naked sell of opts ?

    Credit Spread......limited loss. Sell naked Call........unlimited loss.....or be short the underlying if option exercised. Sell naked...
    Post by: Bum, Jul 29, 2019 in forum: Options
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