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But how a poor bag holder knows that his equities were borrowed for shorting and that his dividend (however small) will be taxed as if he made a killing? It seems really unfair to the people that buy and hold the stock and have no control over which shares are borrowed by the short sellers.

Hi All, How is the dividends paid by a short seller to the holder of the stock is treated from tax stand point? Is it considered to be a regular dividend (taxed 15% max) or is it taxed like short term gains (at max 35%)?

Hi All, I'm learning for series 65 exam and ordered learning materials from PassPerfect. The materials turned to be a complete crap. Plenty of incorrect answers, tangled explanations. Can anyone recommend a good online course?

Ok, lets try this for a start: 1) US should not meddle with foreign countries (e.g. Yugoslavia), cultures of which it doesn't understand. 2) Why would you want to be everybody's friend? 3) Being in US a dozen times or more I think you have a great country but a horrendous set of laws. 4) I...

TOS software has a column named margin. If you trade spreads or sell options in general the required margin is how much you can loose.

Thanx to you post I just found a good position. Sell bearish put spread Feb 160-170 for 0.55 credit. The chance of ICE going up above 160 in less than 2 weeks is slim. I think it is better than your diagonal spread and incur less commissions.

First of: option spreads is what I do too. This year was really good for me as I posted 100% success on all trades. 40% of my trades are condors which is bearish OTM calls and bullish OTM puts. As others indicated in the thread I prefer OTM spreads as your capital outlay is lower...

I used to sell puts which is similar to what you do. A few years ago I tried http://www.callwriter.com they were ok in the uptrending market and in sideways. When things turned bearish they had a few misses. This was expected really, I quit using them as I can do better myself. I use...

I've traded options for 4 years now. Mostly spreads and sometimes naked contracts. With average return of 25% annually. I strive to keep 25-30% returns in up or down markets. The win rate of my spread trades constantly improved up to 2006. If my SNDK and APPL spreads expire worthless tomorrow...

Does anyone trade them ? Jan 40 puts are now selling for over 3.50. The chances of SNDK diving below 40 by tomorrow's expiration are slim. What do you guys think about it?

Now. Buy a dozen of feb puts. GOOG has formed nice double top and will probably slide 20-30 until it releases news on 31 Jan. I currently hold them and will reduce my position as it falls every $10.

Hi All, I mostly trade vertical spreads. For 2006 it were bullish spreads. Now I think bearish spreads is the way to go. I just initiated GOOG, RIMM and AAPL spreads for Feb. Interested to hear what you guys have as a correction protection in your portfolios.