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Does anyone know if this could cause any problems: my broker's 1099 that was sent to the IRS has my old address on it. the 1099 sent to me by my broker has my new updated address. I am asking because I know the IRS uses computers to check to see if W-2s match up exactly and I'd hate to...

I know people say to react rather than predict. But when you react, you are still reacting based upon your prediction about the probabilities unfolding.

Since ETFs are less volatile than a high-beta stock like BIDU or AAPL, is it safe to assume that the variations in IV on the options will also be less volatile? In other words, when SPY puts are "juiced up" with IV, they will still be generally far less juiced up than say puts on a high-beta...

I say buy puts on SPY and QQQQ but the implied volatility might be pumped up on them

Options gurus, I am thinking of buying some puts on the SPY ETF. I am wondering how relatively expensive they are right now. Has the implied volatility on SPY puts been pumped up in anticipation of today's Fed meeting?

I am wondering what financial instruments out there are liquid enough to trade afterhours,....anytime after 5pm. It could also be in the middle of the night or real early in the morning. Someone mentioned HSI on another thread. Does anybody successfully do this while working a 9-5 dayjob...

Does anybody use this service at quote.com as a backup feed for futures quotes? If so, how does the speed of the quotes coming through compare to your broker's feed? How about CME's e-quotes, how fast are those?

has anyone been able to catch an afterhours moves like AAPL's at the very beginning of the move as soon as it started to fall? it seems to be always too fast to catch it as it starts

Hi, Does anyone know of any free places to get 1) real-time afterhours charts 2) historical charts with 1 min bars...when I see historical charts they only have daily bars, when I am hoping to see exactly how a stock traded during a day, say 6 months ago 3) real time options charts...

i am thinking of taking a large short position in preparation for a tank into the close. Of course if i don't receive an entry signal I won't be taking any position. I was wondering if anybody wants to discuss technical levels on the SPY and ES in this thread so that we can bounce thoughts off...