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how old are u? r u quite young that ur family doesn't trust u? by telling u "as long as their stocks don't get called away" is basically putting u in handcuffs. u need to operate freely. what u need to do is ask ur family why they need to put this restriction in place? u said this was an IRA...

they knew about it, but didn't confront him cuz they were afraid he would sue for discrimination, so they crossed their fingers and hoped the position would move back in his favor. guess they were wrong

i was fortunate enough to be in this situation a while back at the start of the internet hey day. my broker at the time was fidelity but i'm sure its the same with any broker. since your acct has appreciated so much the equity in acct is enough to cover the margin requirement for the stock...

this is because, for most products, liquidity dries up outside of regular trading hours and one might not want their stop triggered accidentally in those cases. however, depending on your size, the ES usually trades as a continuous function so the stops would probably be triggered as they...

sure, as long as the stock has options on them.

if u are buying call options, they will let your position go to zero since u have paid fully for those options. think of it as buying stock with 100% cash. if the stock tanks, they are not going to help u exit the position just because u are losing money. they are only concerned when they have...

maybe u also need to brush up on margin. unless u plan to only keep the minimum margin requirements to maintain ur position, i don't see why u should have to worry about forced liquidations.

or use the simple rule of thumb, is there any premium left in it? if a person can sell it for more than he would get for exercising it, then why would he?

huh? what chu talkin' bout willis? if ur long the puts and they are in the money at expiration and u don't own the stock, u can sell the option. why would u choose not to exercise? and let it expire worthless? and what does a "hard to borrow" stock have to do with this? u dont need to...

is ur mom kickin' u out?

so whats the stock?

seems pretty clear from IRS pub 550 http://www.irs.gov/publications/p550/ch04.html#d0e12561 A wash sale occurs when you sell or trade stock or securities at a loss and within 30 days before or after the sale you: 1. Buy substantially identical stock or securities, 2...

lasner, i'm just curious how old u r and how many years have u been filing taxes? if i had to guess, i would say ur young and have very few tax years under ur belt. this information is stated clearly in irs publication 550 http://www.irs.gov/publications/p550/ch04.html#d0e12764 so...

pathus, i'm curious about this/these trades that would have netted u 10k. what kind of size would u be talking about here? what would ur risk have been? would u have had to risk ur entire 19k to get this 10k? and how about execution risk, would u have been able to put these on at the same...

halted @ 3:30 pm on expiration friday with news of FDA approval. Stock was just below 45 and people are exercising 45's and 47.5's. Rude awakening for those that think they may still own it come monday morning.