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Speaking of changes maybe you can clear this up seeing as you are a student presently and this would pertain to you specifically. I am gonna check the NFA site now as well, but as I recall, at one point the series 3 was one of, or the only license you could acquire without any type of...

One other intersting point is the fact that while you are holding your position, you are earning income, assuming its not a zero-coupon, so that would basically more than offset any margin related interest/expense and potentially add to your bottom line.

Interesting thread. Are you guys trading high yield/distressed debt for equity swap kind of speculative plays where you could have some serious movement in the notes. And/Or are you employing strategies that are more of a function of interest rates and how the stock markets move conversely...

This is my last post and I am going back on lurker mode. And I certainly do not want to derail or hijack this journal. <b>lescor & bs2167</b>, thanks for your concerns & thanks for that link bs2167. I am going to lighten up a tad on the friskier financial notes I bought last year and lock in...

No not at all. That defeats the whole point, meaning making anymore "bets." See my response above to TraderZones giving more specific details.

Maybe you read too fast through my details or I was not specific enough. Let me amplify a bit more. For the first six months of 2009, I accumulated nothing but high trench A level company quality bonds, like Prudential, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, SunAmerica etc. with various time frames between...

This thread is very appropriately titled. Kudos lescor for sharing. Years ago you were actually humble enough to directly respond via email to me with an important question I had at the time. There is a school of thought amongst some that the trading game is something you learn the hard way...

I have several. Actually come to think of, eight total life shattering trades in a period of a decade. I should start my own thread..... One that jumps out at me happened back around Halloween 2005. Based on thorough technical scan indicators and the anticipation of upcoming news on their...

Its relative. I did the same GOOG search back in the middle of Q1 2009 as I had loaded thousands and thousands of shares of FAS around a cost average at the $3.25 mark. I ended up getting spooked out of the position. Obviously the trend of the underlying RIFIN did the unthinkable, but that thing...

So there is a shareholder vote and it does not specifically say what the ratio will be. This was posted on AP and Yahoo Finance news: Blockbuster plans to combine Class A and B stock Blockbuster says it will combine Class A and B stock following NYSE listing compliance issue Saturday...

Don't think so. Goog & Yahoo real time both showing same data as of today.

All I have heard is an even 1-1 exchange; but I will see if I can find a link. Than after possibly a reverse split for listing requirements.

Not sure if this popped up on anyone's radar. But there is the merging of two different class shares imminent from Blockbuster and was wondering if my proposal below is a valid one. BBI bid currently trades at .73 BBI-B ask currently trades at .58 So short BBI, Buy BBI-B And you have a...

Oh and RIMM has a history of huge post earnings gaps, but of course not this time. I wonder if they are gonna pin it in the mid $70's? Tons of $80 calls and $70 puts bought in recent days.

Any input or comments welcomed. I am long the June $75 strike calls and puts & short the $70 strike puts and short the $80 strike calls at a total debit of $4.00. I definitely put on way too many contracts for my liking. I can say that now of course in hindsight seeing as RIMM closed at $76...

Yes it did. The very 1st trading day open of 2000 was good bye as it touched & fell from the $200ish mark [split adjusted 4-1 price]

Absolutely. The funny thing is, earlier in the year I was relentless at taking short positions, but after being painfully wrong several times at some point you just change your strategy all together. It is all timing or lack there of I guess. I watched the first 300-400 point retracement...

Well I have not been around much and as my friends on here know, overall I am still having an absolute terrible trading year with respect to "financial speculation," being unable to recover from some serious mistakes made back in Jan/Feb in the derivatives markets. But with this near 1000 point...

What is your time frame on this trade? I am assuming 3-5 day, short term, or a flip? I am not picking on you or anyone specifically in this thread. I was on some of the troll boards and it never ceases to amaze how much bashing, flack, and negativity Apple has gotten over the last few years...

Wondering if anyone has real trading experience with this platform: http://www.disciplined-qqq-trading.com/ Noticed it was available through direct brokers like optionsXpress, ThinkOrSwim, etc. Also if anyone has any other experiences with similar auto platforms via direct broker...