The main takeaway was that you really need to understand how the plumbing of the market infrastructure works because that is where you get robbed.
I know US based traders are independent contractors. But if a funded trader from China, for example, is also an independent contractor who is...
Okay I think I found the answer from the turbotax website. Here is the answer to my same question posted by a turbotax employee:
80 views and no reply? No one trades options on futures? 2013 was my first year trading options on futures so I haven't dealt with this before....
From a Tax/Accounting/Regulatory viewpoint, I'm trying to understand just how US based prop. firms (like TopStepTrader) hire traders from foreign...
On my 1099 from IB: Box 9: Profit or (loss) realized in 2013 on closed contracts Box 12: Aggregate profit or (loss) on contracts Both boxes...
I don't think there is any question that Bitcoin is an amazing financial innovation. For years Visa/Mastercard/Amex have been skimming at least...
I'd like to buy some Bitcoins but I'm always hearing about exchanges being shut down and money being stolen. I'd appreciate if someone can...
OP is probably better of just selling put options on SLV every single month. He's got a better chance at making 200k that way than buying a call...
I can't believe that in 2014: 1 You still can't place a double sided order for options (but "MMs" can). 2 You still have to deal with order...
Yeah leverage is the destroyer of all investment/trading strategies. Leverage never makes a bad strategy a good strategy but always/eventually...
NoDoji: Dearest Maam, I don't appreciate your tone in this thread :p
If you believe use of stop losses is proper risk management then you probably also believe the "trend is your friend" fairly tale too. And no,...
Stop losses are for losers. Just by simply not using stops your trading will improve tremendously because you will find ways to truely reduce...
Only amateurs use stops. Pros never need them. Hedging with options costs too much money. Going to cash is the best hedge. Amateurs hedge,...
Trading and investing is really not all that difficult. There is really only ONE way to blow up any system and if you don't know what that is...
low variance market making for 10% a year @ 3-4 times leverage
Interesting story about the ex IBM guy. It seems there are lots of people and hedge funds selling puts and selling covered calls. And I...
Buying Calls: It seems that a long call option suffers two headwinds: theta decay + volatility decrease. Of these two headwinds I think...
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