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wow...overwhelming hikes here

let's hear it guys...less than 24 hours

seem like very crash-y action (stock market crash)

gold contract has it's biggest day in this rally and the stocks are now negative. wierd.

yeah, i'm not counting federal (national) taxes. my point is that it's possible for his tax bill by 11 percentage points.

does IB do softs? i had to use another broker to trade KC.

Bear in mind that if you live inside the city and are a significant trader, you will be paying a huge amount of taxes to the state AND the city. you will probably be giving up 11% to the state and 4-6% to the city. you might as well live in Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire or Alaska. It's equal...

http://www.kitco.com/charts/liveplatinum.html scroll down to see historical platinum charts. here is spot gold http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=38099901&sid=0&o_symb=38099901&freq=2&time=20

historical price of platinum: http://www.sharelynx.com/chartsfixed/PL.gif

amen, maverick.

big day!! and i thought a sell was in store. glad i held.

there are some funds that somewhat mirror the xau. gld is NOT one of them, GLD mirrors the metal, not the stocks. you can try the precious metal sector fund at rydex. i also think some brand name fund companies like fidelity have sector funds. you can also assemble your own XAU by buying the...

in IB, if i own 100K of stock, can i margin it for futures trading? is it as good as margining 100K of cash? what are the rules at IB? thanks

Bitstream, it looks like those who where really condescending, arrogant and downright churlish toward your post just got smoked on their gg trade. market karma? :D :D :D :D :D

woops...whatever you saw may now be cutting into you.

i think this is a short the dollar, or even short currencies and typical financial assets in general play, but you may be right. everytime these stocks make me want to puke and sell they rally the next day.

i think we're headed down, along with stocks in general. correlation with s and p has been too tight for the last 2-3 years.

What do you think, guys and gals, buy or short the HUI/XAU and their components?

a lot of people think that traders perform poorly when they have issues

i would love to see longs out of this stock and even shorts start to pile on today. could make for a rocket ride up with tomorrow's trade def data