No yellow ExclamationPoints in the DeviceManager? You open up the AC-97 device and it says driver installed and operational? Check your...
If it's so easy, why do the majority of traders lose and close up shop?
Well... unless you interview every trader/stockholder in the market, you'll never really know "why" it moved in a certain direction... It's...
Be careful with the logic here in terms of cause & effect. It is NOT hanging onto it for a long time that causes high-returns, but rather the...
You can also buy OTM puts just under the stock price as cheap insurance. Costs you no more than 5% of your stock position. But if the stock drops,...
Damn Windows! Reminds of the fiasco back in the '80s with Windows3.1 not being able to address more than 32mb on 486 machine... Of course, MS was...
Sometimes I cash out a portion of the profits and use it to buy MORE! :)
Agreed... it's just a common misconception what insider-trading really encompasses and that you can actually go to jail for it.
Sorry I meant in the past month, actually 5-weeks, 4-July -> 9-August. Really 70% from 4-July -> 4-Aug. :) Well, I may be setting myself up for a...
That was $1k to $234k... ;) And I can't really live on that, I need to be able to keep up with the big boys! heh, heh... I got out with $170k...
11-jul-06 set up COCOA vertical bear spread It looked like cocoa had peaked and leveled off, so I bet it was gonna drop. I bought some barely...
5-Jul-06 - set up diagonal CORN spread My first trade! OPEN 05-jul-06: BUY (2) Sep-245 calls 1575.00- 06-jul-06: SELL (2) Aug-260 calls...
I'm using this journal partly for bookkeeping and tracking my trades and to get feedback. I've done some gross and stupid errors, would be good to...
Hi y'all, I've been trading stock-options for quite a while and did pretty well. Here's a link to my stock-options account performance back in the...
Whoops, meant to say, "Unfortunately, most people don't get to this stage..."
Let's say you set up a spread to cover yourself for the short position and you get assigned. How do you cover that? Just close out the long-option...
Not sure what you mean by "if I don't take 50% of profits"? I'm up +74% this month alone, was really aiming for 100%. As others said, hindsight is...
Yeah, being a stockbroker is just one step above being a slimy used-car salesman. I couldn't ethically stay in that business knowing what we were...
c.chugani, good luck on your aspirations. Many have been down the path you're seeking and there are many successes. Pursue them relentlessly and...
Most I've ever lost was -$15k in a day. Most I made was about +$48k in a day. Both times it was less than 10% of my portfolio.
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