Recent content by mgregor

Sanjuro, Datek does NOT e-mail your statement, but rather a notification that it is available for viewing online. The e-mail contains a link to a secure website, where you must first log into your account and then view the information. I first complained about this security lag almost a...

Anyone know of a good website with historic option prices? I want to be able to view a stock's price, along with the options, both puts and calls, in order to see what the average relationship is between the movement of a stock price, and that of its options. Thanks!

Anyone know of a good website with historic option prices? I want to be able to view a stock's price, along with the options, both puts and calls, in order to see what the average relationship is between the movement of a stock price, and that of its options. Thanks!

Check this out: Thanks Wireless... that is really hilarious!

I may be wrong on this, but it was my understanding that unless you have elected the mark-to-market accounting principle, then you would in fact be liable for capital gains of $50,000. Even if you lost $30,000. Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I think I was reading something about traders who...

Voodoo, The point I was trying to make is that even a 50% probability of winning would only an accurate percentage over a very large sampling of trades (10,000 or more). So if you were to only make 20-30 trades, you may very well end up with more losers or winners than 50% on each side...

One thing to keep in mind is that you might get a losing or winning streak. So although, statistically you might be right or wrong 50% of the time, you could still get a streak of 20-30 or more losers or winners in a row. Depending on the size of your capital, this means that you could have...

You don't need a separate "business" credit card, just isolate the card(s) that you have funded your trading with, from those that you make regular purchases with. Chances are, a bank would not issue you a "business" credit card without you having provable income for at least a year or two...

Yes, you can definately deduct credit card interest charges, so long as those charges were bonafide charges for cash advances/convenience check withdrawals used to fund your trading activities. However, it's propably NOT a good idea to use the same credit cards that you fund your trading...

P2, Why would the sell off be a lot less the longer we wait? The quicker the markets re-open, the more faith people will have in the stability and integrity of the markets. Just keeping the markets closed and hoping the panic will go away is not the solution. This will only increase fear...

Can anyone suggest a good and affordable means of scanning for intra-day volume spikes on stocks?