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Does anyone know an ETF or index fund that trades the KSE-100 (Karachi Stock Exchange)?

I have a beginner question about Debit vs Credit vertical spreads. Are they basically equal? For example EWZ is at 67. Say I want to do a MARCH Bull Put Spread. i can do that by: DEBIT SPREAD: + Mar 65 PUT - Mar 64 PUT 0.32 DR Thus I pay $32 to buy the contract. MAX Outcomes...

I was reading about EIUL (Equity Index Universal Life) Insurance policies. They seem to be constructed to track the Dow or S&P500 with a floor at 0% gain and a ceiling at say 16% say per year. I was thinking how do they actually construct such a trade? I can see buying the index and putting...

I recently heard about MLP (Master Limited Partnerships) as investments and I am looking for advice and feedback on these investment vehicles. Do they make good income investments? Where can I find out more about them, including the pitfalls and how to evaluate MLPs? Thanks

Hey Guys, I have a ThinkorSwim papertrade account and I realised that discovering my managing my account is quite abstract with the tools there. I wonder how you guys are doing it and if there are some other tools out there to help? 1. For example as of 10 Nov 09 I have the following in...

Has anyone used the OptionPundit Newsletter? For the past 2 years, they are showing only 1 losing month. I wonder if anyone has subscribed to the newsletter and can share their feedback so far.

Hello Everyone, I have been using TOS for papertrading and I come from the OptionsXpress world. I have now been doing a couple months of option trading (spreads and covered calls) with TOS. I have found it rather difficult to see the cash inflows and outflows in the account (credit from...

I think the Orig Poster meant to say that if the stock goes down in the current month, the options expire worthless. Then the next month you write new calls ATM and if they are called, it is possible you take a realized loss on the stock. digging yourself out of a hole by writting CC can be...