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I've programmed Excel to receive live streaming data from Thinkorswim then automatically save itself every few seconds to Google Drive so that the data can be viewed on a tablet or phone. It works well especially if you want desktop style analytics available to you while you are mobile.

There are definitely a lot of macro themes working against EM right now but I think that it basically boils down to a general lack of interest in risk premia at the moment. I think of EM as the small caps of international investing and similarly there is just a general "risk-off" attitude when...

Just about everything that can go wrong for emerging markets has gone wrong over the past several years. Currency crisis, debt crisis, energy crisis...you name it. It makes me think about how much more blood can be squeezed out of these markets. What are your thoughts? Is anyone starting to...

Amalgam is 100% correct...what you experience owning a leveraged ETF is more similar to vol decay rather than time decay. Generally, if volatility falls your investment will outperform...if it rises your investment will underperform. Also, another important aspect to a leveraged ETF is that...

Seeing an opportunity in Tesla. Added to an investment in $TSLA today on 2/9/16 at a price of $142.25 per share.

Seeing an opportunity in Healthcare. Added to an investment in $CURE today on 2/8/16 at a price of $21.89 per share.

Seeing an opportunity in Salesforce. Added to an investment in $CRM today on 2/5/16 at a price of $60.51 per share.

Seeing an opportunity in LinkedIn. Added to an investment in $LNKD today on 2/5/16 at a price of $125.50 per share.

Chubbly - How did January end up ranking historically based on its final closing price?

Seeing an opportunity in Amazon. Added to an investment in $AMZN today on 2/3/16 at a price of $522.33 per share.

Transferred investment in $MLPL to $AMLP due to fund closure. Sold $MLPL@$12.90 & STO AMLP160219P10@$0.55 on 2/1/16

Transferred investment in $MLPL to $AMLP due to fund closure. Sold $MLPL@$12.90 & STO AMLP160219P10@$0.55 on 2/1/16

I think this new investor has a good point. Think loooooong term for a second rather than the usual three month time period we are all used to. If the market does tend to rise over time (decades) why not be levered into that. Above is a simulation of what would have happened if they had a...

What are your thoughts about crude oil volatility and inverse volatility linked ETFs? Would you trade them or would you fear them? http://apbideas.blogspot.com/2016/01/is-now-time-for-oil-volatility-linked_30.html

Here is an interesting simulation of what might have happened if they had a triple leveraged daily rebalancing SPX fund back in the fifties and you bought and held it to this very day...would have been one crazy wild ride.

Yes, Amalgam that is an excellent way of putting it...you are inherently short vol when invested in a leveraged ETF. Would you say that the position would perform similarly to that of a Covered Call?

This is part of the problem...the media has turned everyone against leverage by turning daily rebalancing into some sort of boogeyman but the truth is that daily rebalancing is not nearly as horrible as everyone makes it out to be and can work equally for or against you depending on whether a...

Here is another way to think about leverage... Assuming the consensus opinion that oil is soon going to be worthless and that it will be distributed freely via community drinking fountains is wrong and you are interested in making a long term investment in Energy...lets take a look at a few...

Here is a chart that helps to visualize the built in hedge that is available with any levered product. The main 1X fund EEM is down 40% over the past several years but its 3X equivalent EDC is only down a little over 80% when it should be down more than 120%. The beauty in these products is...

Seeing an opportunity in Netflix. Added to an investment in $NFLX today on 1/20/15 at a price of $99.95 per share.