Are the replacement heads for the Oral-B electric toothbrush bought from China (through Ebay) any good compared to the much more expensive...
100 stocks accounting for 80% of the trading. Average trade size 200 shares. IMO ...... That appears to be OK. Obviously the top 100 popular...
http://www.investimonials.com/websites/reviews-elitetrader.aspx great entertainment, ET = Entertaining Traders by Nedster ET can be a very...
I have had a brief look at the p&l calculator and I don't get it. Perhaps you could provided a demo on what it would be used for. :)
I will take an educated guess: A remote prop firm will let you trade from anywhere - their office, your home, the library, Starbucks, etc. While...
Once (If) a debit spread has reached the short strike there is no reason to keep the trade open - close it and move on to the next trade. There is...
Is that a typo? I figure you meant OPM - Other People's Money. I doubt systemacticmacro will last more than 5 posts on ET. :)
IMO ...... You can not gauge volatility with a $3.50 stock. :)
The best way to figure out if volatility is high or low is to check the quotes on the 1-strike OTM USO weekly options and compare them on a...
What did Norway do? IMO ........ You are comparing apples to oranges. :)
The ask is $3.35, not $2.50. [IMG] September 1, 2015 11:54 AM EST :)
It's best to post a trade idea with real quotes. Explanations of a trade can be misinterpreted very easily and the thread ends up going nowhere....
Covered Calls and Naked Puts are almost identical in terms of risk and reward. The risk of both is relatively substantial compared to the reward -...
I think the OP is more interested in how the shorting process works. :)
garachen didn't think through the "problem" - he took the easy way out and Googled It :)
Options are not marginable securities, while stock is. In a $5000 account you can: Buy $5000 worth of calls or: Buy $10,000 worth of stock or:...
How did that cost you 100k? If the margin is increased on an open position (and you don't have the margin to cover it) would it not be closed at...
Details of the trade are both educational to everyone on ET and will determine the responses on how to handle it. Take this thread as an example:...
So true. I always read the ET threads on these volatility products and try and get some inspiration from them, but it all goes way over my head....
I don't think any broker or bank has "official policy" on repaying negative balances - it would be on a case-by-case basis. You would have to...
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