Recent content by jeffh0821

I too plan on achieving this goal. Here are my restrictions: 1. I will only tell you things that seem to create an illusion of expertise. I will post nothing to substantiate any facts - including that I even have a brokerage account. 2. I will tell you nothing about my trading setups or...

Its actually an interesting interpretation of the spectrum licensing rules. Basically, MagicJack is claiming that the license the wireless providers have for their portions of the wireless spectrum do not extend onto private property. So, if you decide to utilize a radio frequency within your...

Why would you throw it away? It has been pretty well established that a trending market can have its price fluctuate within 2 standard deviations (95%) of an average. That's not the trick. The trick is making money on breakouts (the remaining 5% and can give big profits) and identifying trend...

OK, this post is silly - but I'll play ball. OS has nothing to do with making money trading. If you have a trading strategy that relies on Gigs of RAM to execute efficiently then either you or your software has some serious memory leaks. XP(32-bit) has significant issues with memory...

First off, your communication skills are very poor. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume English is your second language. However, if you want some "old school" advice it would start with communication skills. Secondly, this is not "your thread". You have no more administration...

Really - the worst advice ever? Hmm...I suspect a good majority of the ET community will side with me and dismiss you as another consipracy theorist. However, let me give you a more apt metaphor since you seem to understand those a bit better than page 3 of ECO101. It is a good idea to...

Frankly, I think you are trying to stir up a conspiracy of "social engineering" where none exists. Tried and true (an proven) tenets of economics are all based on the scarcity of resources. Hell, the most basic tenet, supply and demand, is based on the intrinsic belief that supply is NOT...

I am not terribly concerned that they do not provide futures quotes at this time - especially if they cannot execute futures trades. Let TDA take their time and get their backoffice in order - then offer futures/forex trading. If you cannot wait for this - go elsewhere. We don't need to...

It still seems like there is a lot of confusion from people about what a PUT option is, so I will say it again. "A put option grants the right, not the obligation, to sell, not short sell, an instrument at a predetermined price." Everyone needs to take a giant step back from their trading...

You need to focus on what one of the previous posters said earlier... Buying puts does not grant you the right to SHORT an instrument at a certain price, it grants you the right to SELL an instrument at a certain price.

I'm pretty sure TD Ameritrade is under no obligation to cover your short on the Ford shares due to the expired option. The previous poster is right - you took a huge risk in letting your options expire and, by default, exercise on you. Better read the fine print to make sure - and close out...

First off, I am totally new to the world of TA but have found most of the reading and posts here totally intriguing and I am interested in getting my hands a little dirty applying TA to my trades. My question is - just how successful can I hope to be applying TA to a little sandbox account I...