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yeah just do a search,,, I think maybe it was around November...

@toc.... I am not willing to work around their schedule... I think IB has other issues as well. Like a few months ago when we could not access the trading window for several days.

Etrade looks good.... what is the customer service quality? can yo get them on the phone easily? how about the trading platforms? is there stand alone? is there a web access trade access?

thankx... I have never looked at Etrade... will do later... I would also love to find a good brokerage, that offers the cash management account as well, with checks, debit card,,, etc...

I think I have had it with Interactive Brokers. Sure the fees are among the lowest out there. But their customer service SUCKS! I just hung up the phone after being on hold for 15 minutes to get a margin question answered. I have a Fidelity account, great great customer service, but margin...

thank you everyone for the input. I need to understand how to calculate the required Margin to hold a contract for say 7-10 days. can someone help me with that? let's use VIX for our example I am selling short $.10 contracts

So so true. I’ve been at that career for 9 years and I’m very good. I posted previously about trader alert services. There are many out there. Go look at “Collective2”. Those are traders in some cases with great track records , confirmed by 3rd party. Some of those traders have been at...

OK I’ll chime in on this issue. As a retail investor I must face reality that I’m not in the industry. There are thousands of professionals who are in the investing business every day of their life. There are good ones for sure. I am honest enough to admit that I will never know as much as...

Thank you sweet life for that. I feel like the rest is acceptable. I mean you’re going for 100% return hoping that the short expires worthless. Certainly you have to accept that you’re going to have some 100% losses or even up to 200% or even 300%. loss before you stop yourself out. I’ve...

Thank you everyone for your comments. Except you guys that are getting into some kind of pissing match. Probably the better bet is to put on credit spreads. That way if the underlying moves against me I’m protected.

Oh I saw that. For sure

Thank you for the input. I went and looked at that website for the 5% per week. Something is weird. They have an open date that is after the expiration date? Maybe they have those two columns backwards.

Yes yes. Very true. And I do not believe you can have a stop strategy like a stock, etf or futures. But if I’m selling calls, a black Swan would be a monster move up. Sure it happens, but not like the big down days. That’s why I don’t sell puts. Any advice on stops

I don’t know who to thank for the recommendation. I just got my copy of “rule the freakin markets“ by Michael Parness. This is going to be a great read. He is just a regular guy that really made it as a trader. He’s honest enough to admit his initial failures. He’s not some Wall Street suit...

I have read numerous articles to claim an average of 80% of options expire at $0. So to me the obvious answer is that the sellers of options are the clear winner

I have sold short premium with success before. I am like looking to find options at $.10 or $.05 with a week or so left. How do I find the right candidates. Does anyone have a service to recommend.

That is exactly what I am doing.. taking a break. I have been doing a ton of research into actively managed funds. There are Tech funds that made over 50% in the last 12 months. There are Asia/Pacific funds up over 70%. Even though those have alot of risk compared to the universe of...

what's going on in Houston??

yes,,, these are my thoughts for me... I realize this a forum for traders,,,and I am talking about turning it over to managers/traders to do for me

@comagnum well said... lots of denial on my part.... I am asking myself some very serious questions. After 7 years on and off I have not been successful.. There are professional Fund Managers and such that know far more than I EVER will. With just a little research today I found numerous...