Recent content by Timmah5309

Being new to the forum, I had a discussion with someone about how to know whether people on here tell the truth about their trades. Anyone can come in here and say they made a zillion bucks in the market. Anyone can say they made a good pick, after the fact. But what if you could cut out the...

I'm aware that covered calls aren't some guaranteed way to make money, but I think when you "own" the underlying and write a call on it, it is possible to control the delta to be close to "delta neutral". Whereas if you just bought a single put, you'd be carrying a negative delta. But I could...

@traderNik I recently decided to bump up my quantity of shares for each order. When I can afford it, I go for 100 (so I can write a covered call if I want to). My acct right now is $6k, which is a good size for me being a n00b. I'm ready to grow and undertake a little more responsibility...

thanks for the reply. I did see the requirement of 10,000 on there to open the account. If I open up a lemonade stand and mow a few lawns in the neighborhood and put my next paycheck on the superbowl, I think I can make it in a couple months. Other than that, I really like the idea of $2-$3...

I'm a rookie slowly learning how to trade. I've been with ameritrade for about 3 years now and I'm looking to switch to IB. Here's my n00b question: Am I getting ripped off like I think I am by paying $10 / trade $11/option transaction ? I looked at IB's fee schedule, and the best I can tell...

I registered to the forums just to post a reply to this. I program in C++ for a living, and although I didn't read all the replies, I didn't see anyone really explain to you whats different about all the languages that were mentioned. If you take a simple computer program, like playing...