I pay enough in commissions that if I have a question about where to find the directions on the website, I should be able to call and get that...
I think so as the NY branch kept sending me to account management to change the funds but I couldn't seem to locate the right link. I'll see later...
Well I got it figured out by calling IB Canada instead and he had me just buy the HKD through TWS on my screen. However he told me to enter USD as...
I hate to ask this here, but I have called IB 3 times and the directions they give me for converting my US funds to another currency always lead...
Why not just get trading permission to trade the HK market( it is free) and buy Alibaba directly. It is only $3-4 USD now and will probably go up...
Actually I'm just joking around. But it probably is a good play at the open at any price since it is going to attract all the momentum players....
50, 000 shares at the open, any price.
I have about 20 different option positions out right now, all spreads and I kick myself in the ass everyday I look at the $ I will be leaving on...
I'm real curious to see if this is another Baidu, or is it a Tim Hortons. I compare the 2 because I think traders who missed the big 1st day runup...
Here is the true secret to trading, (and for some reason we fight it constantly) TRADE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND NOT WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN.
You need to click the attached image to see the chart so that what I'm saying makes sense... I've labeled four points, A,B,C, and D. So I'm...
Thought this thread might get some interesting stories. One of mine is: the day before NWA was going to decide to declare bankruptcy or not,...
"What about options on futures indexes? I find margin requirement for index options is very high compared to options on futures. Margin...
I traded options on the OEX and QQQ's for 3 years, mostly on the QQQ's because I could learn options trading at a fairly low price. I've since...
"Also, the stock cooperated with your adjustment. What would've been your course of action if the stock tanked to 20, in which case you would've...
Well MTE, I find it interesting that two people of reasonable intelligence with the same objective, to preserve trading capital and make $, look...
"Actually, to keep it simple, long put+short call+long stock=zero, i.e. it's a flat position." If you think the stock is going to tank below...
Yea my initial training wasn't the best. I had no system for entering trades, just my gut feeling for the day. I was scalping options on the Q's...
"So, let's see what you have. You bot the stock at $78 and sold the call at $28.30. So your worst case risk is $49.30. In other words, you are...
Amex for sure. They are crooks with a habit of busting option trades. Nothing grates worse than selling off a position right before it tanks,...
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