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Forgive me if this has already been posted, but I found it very interesting. The commentary is in Dutch - it's a Dutch-made documentary - but all the interviews are in English (inc. with the founder of Interactive Brokers) ...

Which stocks do you like that fit these criteria ? How deep ITM ? How far out in time, ie. necessarily Mon or Tues only before Friday expiration ('never traded a Weekly) ? Would an ETF Weekly also meet your criteria, eg QQQQ ? Btw, I read the previous poster's question as a gain in...

Only one way to find out ;) .... Thank-you everyone who responded.

Thanks for your replies. I understand the advantages of trading the stock. However, this ties up a lot more cash, especially as not all stocks are <$50. I have only $50k to spare for this strategy : how would you trade this strategy with this allocation ? Broker is IB, so comms are...

I'd appreciate comment from experienced option traders on the best option strategy for the following, please : I have a simple screen that produces stocks for small gains, 1 - 3%, typical trade duration 1 - 5 days. My research suggests the following two alternatives, both front month up to...

+1 :)

Most should do so. If you're a Larry Connors fan - he uses RSI(2) as a cornerstone of much of his analysis, I'd suggest checking out Ric Miller who adds it to his sound statistical approach (and no, I'm not affiliated with Ric in any way - I studied Larry's work for a while, produced some great...

Thanks - I'll check it out. Edit : not sure a brokerage would acccept these as trading collateral & I'm unclear of what the effects might be in a serous meltdown vs. a govt bond ?

Thank-you for your very helpful responses, Martinghoul. I need to think about the downside, but my present view is very pessimistic in the short to medium term for EUR, GBP and USD denominated economies. The piper is goinng to have to be paid... sooner or later... one way or another...

Thanks for the response. As far as I can see, there is a 30yr. I am already in the process of checking exactly how one would take possession of a bond in the event of broker default. I am surprised Swiss Govt bonds don't have much liquidity : I won't be holding more than 10 or so, so I'm...

I have a longer-term account in which I want to switch the cash into bonds, specifically Swiss Govt bonds, ie. for security not yield (I'm told that in the case of the brokerage failing, cash would be lost but a bond belongs to the account holder - anyone know if this is true ?) Which bonds...

No, that wouldn't be it : unless you set up the commissions, they won't show (I haven't and my account is Live).