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1) No one ever went broke taking a profit. There's a reason for that old saying. 2) You may be misjudging your future rate of return. Fairly common, I think. Example: * buy sumpin' for $100. * it goes up to $200. What's your rate of return? Duh, 100%, right? - YES * you hang...

Excellent points. Particularly about buying some OTM protective options. Note that OTM, when they hit their sweet spot, -rapidly- appreciate, and if done in a type of ratio position, can help offset the loss in your deep options. 'course, between the vast spreads on deeps and the cost of...

Whenever dealing with these kind of positions that have more legs than a centipede, you have to be very mindful of commissions and bid/ask spreads. Paper trading this stuff, you don't have to deal with the reality of actually getting a fill at an attractive price when entering & exiting...

Tell us what you really think, my mon :) Gundry is a world re-known heart surgeon and has done the research w/numbers to substantiate his position. In addition, having sliced on many, many fat slobs hitting his operating slab, he does have an interesting perspective. He also went from being...

Contact your broker and ask them to explain the term 'Pattern Day Trader' and how they handle that. You may be surprised...

+1 Confidence + Results = Success with the babes :D

Yup; you're welcome. Also, part of what I tried to say and couldn't, as I'm new here and my posts don't clear/show up until overnight(hard to edit that way) is: * Instead of focusing so much on what NOT to eat/do, start with adding 'the right stuff' into your diet. Later, you can evaluate...

Well, I'll dive into this quagmire, even tho I'm new on this forum. * Been experimenting on diet since 1979. No, doesn't make me an 'authority', but I do have 30+ yrs experience in a dietary study on ONE person :) * Tried just about everything 'cept the "let's overdose on bacon diet"...

Depending upon the situation and the effect I want to have on someone: * I'm retired. Means anything and nothing. Doesn't give a clue to real $$. Implies at least enough money to prevent dumpster diving for the next meal. Usual effect is zero. And, since most people love to tawk about...

+1 Easy to do. And, as long as you're not cheating, if the IRS does want/need something, just deal with 'em. They're not out to wipe you out, they just want their $share$. The trading records at the brokerage company ain't goin' anywhere and aren't gonna change either, so it's just a...

New to the board here(first post, actually), but I'd offer up the following on this strategy: * As others indicated, probably not gonna work, cuz you need a massive move to pull it off. * It -could- work if you have a fairly reliable indicator of a near term move in your direction. So...