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The article says they are not including the primary residence, and in any case it's based on net worth so the size of their debt is irrelevant. They're saying that 1 in 97 households has a networth over $5M outside their main home. I know probably 15 millionares personally and I don't think...

Have you guys actually met people like this? Sure we read about it, but I know very few people who are that irresponsible with money. I was surprised to learn that the majority of people have fico scores over 700.

This is impossible. The interest rate on debt MUST exceed inflation otherwise it's an automatic loss for the lender. It's basic economics.

The device is worth what people will pay for it. At this point, that would be $500+

Even if you established a delta-neutral position, it won't stay neutral after a big move on the stock.

You can't daytrade or even open a margin account with 300, so your prospects of making money is very slim, in a world where most people don't make money even with >25k

If you're asking how to hedge or profit from a true Black Swan event, then don't bother with any type of credit spreads or any position involving shorts. They will get annihilated even in a 15% decline, nevermind 30%. Other than avoiding the market completely, the only way to protect...

You can run IB's PM Demo to get a feel for their PM. The leverage is not very good but the margin req is more stable than TIMS. TOS won't have PM until July but from what they told me, their calculations will be very similar to TIMS. So you will get a lot of leverage but your margin req...

I hope you're not still holding those July calls. July 30.00 SQXGF.X bid 0.05 ask 0.10 I suggest you sell them now while they're still worth a nickel.

It's people like Shawn who reduce the credibility of those who have a legitimate gripe with IB support.

That is true of anyone who becomes famous temporarily: professional athletes, Olympic medal winners, actors, musicians, etc. But "pro" wrestlers die at a higher rate. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it has to do with steroid abuse.

umm yeah, writing puts is risk-free. No matter what happens to the market, you won't lose money. good luck with your (brief) trading career.

Check your PM between last Fri morning and this morning, that's when the change happened. Stress points for index options appeared to go up substantially, to the point it's worse than Reg-T. Their website's description of PM is out of date. I think the offset values are wrong too, because...

the output is not a hex string.

I wasn't warned and I was affected. My margin jumped 25 fold. If I had not found out through someone else this change was coming, I would have been royally screwed. Because I knew the change was coming, I refrained from making trades. IB should have told everyone with PM not just those it...

there is no fine line between the two. If you owe taxes and try to hide it, it is tax evasion. tax avoidance means you never owed the tax in the first place hence it is legal.

who was your broker? and why did you report a schedule D that didn't match your 1099? that's a major red flag right there. fire your accountant (or, if you did your own taxes, get an accountant)

i hope ET doesn't log your IP address, else you may be getting a letter in the mail soon

Looking at the photos in that link, I can say some of those women are indeed big.

Funny you berate someone for not understanding options. Short puts do not equal a long stock position. For them to be the same, they would need to behave the same, which they don't. For starters, a long stock position has unlimited upside, whereas a short put does not. Their risk graphs are...