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It will correct, but when, Who knows??? The nasdaq was overvalued for 3.5 years before it finally crashed back to earth in 2000.

Are the moderators sleeping at the wheel? This thread belongs in Politics.

This is a contrived example. Go ahead and write some July SPY 149 calls and let me know how it goes. Also, portfolio margin does not give greater leaverage for buying options than reg-t. They are the same.

I asked this question a few weeks ago and didn't get many responses. The bottomline is, if you hold overnight positions and the market moves against you in a big way, say 12-20%, you are royally screwed. Depending on your leverage, your account could see a 90%+ loss. If you're not willing to...

selling otm calls offers very little protection in a market crash. Your profit would be the call premium, which is miniscule compared to the losses you'd incur if you had a lot of long positions.

the demo account is reliable for checking margin. I have compared it to my live account. They use the same backend so I don't see why it would show a different result than your regular account.

what time did you submit them? if it's afterhours, they go to ISE. otherwise mine go to cboe or phlx or box.

People upgraded from W2K to XP because of the user interface, increased performance, and some better multimedia and hardware plug&play support, not because MS stopped supporting W2K. To this day they continue to issue hotfixes. I know because one of my computers is still happily running W2K.

wow bluud sounds like a Cho in the making. He's got a lot of anger built up. I hope he doesn't have a glock

You could have a Gallardo modified with the scissor doors, and in the end it'd still be $100k less than a Murci. I've seen a couple of Gallardos like this. but cars with these doors are hard to get in and out of.

This is the "grass is always greener on the other side" syndrome. There is a real and underappreciated benefit to political stability. I do think there are fine places to retire outside the US, but I don't think they're in latin america.

You guys who are thinking that you don't need fraud insurance are thinking in too narrow terms. All you worry about is some teen from Russia getting into your account through electronic means such as phising. You probably feel confident of your computer skills enough to prevent such fraud. But...

I like this idea but I don't think they'd do it. A while back I asked them if I could pay to increase the insurance limits of what they already offer, and they said they couldn't. If they won't let you increase the current insurance, i don't think they'd offer new insurance coverage. I...

For a young, uneducated single person it is almost impossible to gain legal entry into the US. However, for an educated, wealthy, older couple it's not as hard. It would still take a few years but I think they could get in.

That's quite a generalization. Japan is part of Asia, do you think japan is not developed? I've traveled to asia a few times, and the places I visited were quite developed. What I can say about it is, the most developed cities in Asia, like Shanghai, are more developed and advanced than the...

good grief, what broker are you using and how did they grant you permission to write uncovered puts? People are not trying to be rude. It doesn't matter if you say you've been trading for x years, you clearly do not understand options. How much have you lost in the 3 yrs you've been trading?

I don't think universities in the US offer much in the way of classes on trading. Some may offer courses about structure of the financial markets, and basic classes about personal finance and investing (junior colleges have these), as well as monetary policy. Trading and investing are...

Bad move, equating "dating" with "games". If she's not serious about a relationship, you're probably fine. But if she is the serious type, perhaps you won't get another date. Women are very keen to what we guys say.

Shanghai was down 6.3% as of 10 minutes ago. Spells trouble for US markets tomorrow. Let the carnage begin.