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    Democrats Are Trying Smear Kavanaugh Again

    I'm not Dem or Rep. I agree media is very biased but after watching Kavanaugh & Blasey-Ford testify, I would never have confirmed Kavanaugh. She seemed honest & he did a poor job of "acting". One of them wasn't telling the truth. His biggest "crime" now IMO is that he lied to congress under...
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    CRUDE!

    No need for an expensive drone when the target is large tanks of fuel on the ground. Small explosion will start the job. Fuel will do the rest.
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    FCM with SIPC- or FDIC-like insurance

    Agree, it's the small accounts that need protection. Small accounts might be total income for a small trader. Big money accounts have more big money elsewhere.
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    FCM with SIPC- or FDIC-like insurance

    I had accounts with MFG & PFG. MFG received 100%. PFG received 60% and may receive another 3-5% but will never receive 100%.
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    Broken option spread trade , buying power

    Broker will look @ all positions in the account to calculate margin. Doesn't matter if you opened the trades as a pair or separately. YES, you can close the "short 292 put" position but your margin requirements will increase since the cost of your trade went from .50/contract to .75/contract...
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    Stuck Limit Up?

    OK, if you were hitting the "ask" then they properly rejected your order as the "ask" would be above the daily limit. Bids were @ 66.525 (daily limit) so ask was higher. You can't trade above/below a daily limit so they rejected your order. If you had placed a buy limit @ 66.525 your order...
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    Stuck Limit Up?

    I disagree with what they're telling you :-) Time & sales will show that other traders were making trades @ 66.525. Why are you not allowed to place an order there? You may not get filled as there would be a large stack of orders there but your order shouldn't be completely rejected. The short...
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    Stuck Limit Up?

    No reason a buy limit @ 66.525 should have been rejected. If it's in your trade log, keep a copy & ask broker why it was rejected. Why close the Dec. long so quickly? If price gaps up tomorrow, you have a larger loss with no hedge. If price gaps down tomorrow, Oct. likely to fall more than Dec.
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    Stuck Limit Up?

    Place a limit order @ the "limit up price" and you might get filled. When price is locked @ limit, there are often orders being filled @ the limit price.
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    Stuck Limit Up?

    Today's limit is $3.
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    Stuck Limit Up?

    December contract is still trading, not limit up. Can use to hedge short Oct. position. ***Watch the DOM on Oct. to see if more orders are piling up @ limit or being reduced. Might come off limit since other months not @ limit.
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    I am massively short the USD.

    Structure on daily looks lower. Oil looks lower so could be a drag on Cad.
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    Economic calendar that includes agriculture events

    The reports that move the grain markets are monthly WASDE report and quarterly grain stocks report. The remaining 2019 WASDE are Sep. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 8, and Dec. 10. (12 noon eastern each day) https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/ The quarterly grain stocks report is usually the last...
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    Bull call spread vs Straight Call

    "When one enters a bull call spread trade, doesn't the system auto closes your position if your pre-determined sell price is reached?" No. The higher strike price is not a "predetermined sell price". "For bull call spread, the buy side will get executed in order for the trade to be initiated...
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    So these people on tradingview...

    Yes, the salesmen can be pretty funny. There's one on Tradingview I checked when he claimed to have a 83% win rate with his signal calling service. I reviewed a couple pages of his trade calls on Tradingview & about 75% were losses. I asked how his paid signal service can be so good & his trade...
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    Cattle news today? 08/02/19

    Bullish IMO. Last week's slaughter was UP despite the plant shut-down? At some point I think the 30-50% hog loss in China will trickle into increased prices for the meats. China's freezers & other suppliers to china will start running dry at some point. Eventually more exports for U.S. beef/pork.
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    Which Trading System Or Strategy Is The Most Profitable?

    That article is from 2008. Their performance wasn't too spectacular after that. Liquidated fund in 2017.
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    What are the chances and possible timing of a China crackdown in HK and how can we trade it?

    Might be the reason the Hang Seng is down already since the riots started. China "crackdown" probably not a shock if it happens so muted market reaction?
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    How bad can this option idea go? Billions in profit potential, but at what cost?

    My quote: "trading call/put spreads can be done with a little knowledge of "premium"." Trading spreads is just a simple method of using options but still requires knowledge of market direction, .....up...down....range. Spreads alone isn't a "winning strategy". I think one of the better uses of...
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    How bad can this option idea go? Billions in profit potential, but at what cost?

    1-Iron condor.........NO Trader just sold put spreads & purchased call spreads. Not sure if this has a "name" as I don't get too concerned with labels. 2-This trade has only a small chance of making big money so looking @ the large % profit possible can be misleading. If you babysit the trade...
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