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    Scalping The Costco special dividend with a collar

    So you are saying buying the near the money put and selling the near they money call. Will not offset this? It looks that it will, I am just trying to figure out what I am doing wrong. How do they typically adjust the options in this circumstance
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    Scalping The Costco special dividend with a collar

    Anyone with experience in this? I have never done it before. How would you go about doing it? When is the latest date you would put the trade on. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Just wanted to get anyone's opinion who has experience in this. thanks
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    Buy Apple, do a covered call Jan 22...

    Yes ok, but it would still make more sense to sell a put to purchase the stock and then sell a call.
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    Buy Apple, do a covered call Jan 22...

    Why would you buy the stock and then sell a call? Why not sell a put around 114 or less and then sell a call if you are assigned?
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    ETrade Platinum requirements

    The only perk I know of is that you get better faster customer service if you call in. I always have good execution with E*TRADE also it seems like.
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    ETrade Platinum requirements

    Because they never told me why, they just made me one.
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    How Much Are You Risking On Each of Your Bets?

    I take 5-10% position sizes, I take some nasty drawdowns sometimes but I have been consistently profitable the last 4 years and I have traded through some tough times. I believe part of being a good trader is learning to trade with size once you become consistently profitable
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    ETrade Platinum requirements

    I am a platinum member since I can remember, I'm not sure what the exact requirements are I think you just have to trade a lot and possibly spend a certain amount on commissions. Also possibly be a profitable trader I imagine because those are the ones that will stick around and have more money...
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    trading isolation

    Watch 2 children while you are trading, then you will realize how great it was before
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    Buying stock to cover a call

    Why didn't you wait to be assigned the stock before selling a call?
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    JP Morgan hit with record $920 million penalty after admitting eight-year spoofing scheme

    I wonder how the fine compares to how much money they made?
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    ADVICE REQUEST: Still holding my $TSLA 500CALL exp 9/25

    I would say use this as a learnings experience, if you are going to but otm money options give your self more time better yet to calendar spread or diagonal so that time works in your favor. For example, when TSLA dropped to its 50ma I sold the Oct 500 calls and bot the Jan 500 calls. Sell the...
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    New Jersey and New York are thinking of taxing financial transactions

    They don't know how to do anything that produces revenue, they only know how to tax
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    Commercial real estate market in major cities continues to sink

    Not to mention all the stores going bankrupt, I would not want to own commercial real estate ever.
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    Selling weekly options vs monthly options

    I like Weeklys as I am able to better game the stock I am trying to get assigned or sell covered calls on
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    Trading stocks vs options. Which would you choose?

    Options all day long
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    Meditation: Does it Help Your Trading?

    I meditate and mentally rehearse my trading goals. I believe it helps
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    90% failing rate , its true ?

    I would like to see what the failure rate is for traders that stuck with it for 3-5 years
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    T3 Trading Group

    They are not affiliated with T3 anymore
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    T3 Trading Group

    I don’t trust T3 they sound very dirt bagish over the phone. Theirs was one trader who got an account with T3 and after his account was funded and he gave his deposit they told him he could not trade the strategy he was told he could trade and it took him a while to get his money back. I do...
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