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For my part, I am just going to focus on observing as much as possible about the activity of options on particular stocks. The two that I have picked are TASR and NVDA, the former needs no introduction, the latter is a company that I am very comfortable with, know a great deal about their...

To the original poster, I have the following comments. I haven't formally studied risk management in too much detail yet, since I didn't realize what I was getting myself into the first time I signed up for a risk management class at my university (dropped it last year, going to be taking it...

I didn't follow any of the outside links, but it's worth noting that summer is traditionally a slower quarter for many tech companies. One example that I'm very familiar with would be Nvidia, they have a tendancy to warn in early August. Great trading stock though, fairly predictable, and...

Bingo. Here lies the largest issue with the Enron and Worldcom frauds - the large number of individuals and companies affected. The economic damage done by the failure of these two companies is enormous, and I'm sorry, but the individuals responsible must pay.

I really hope that we won't see this "nuclear terrorism" come to pass, for a variety of reason. It would lead to terrible loss of life, not to mention future health issues relating to the areas in question. But more importantly, it would really take the gloves off, and you just know that the...

I would argue that the "trader bubble" happened a few years ago during the stock bubble, I don't think that many people these days would view you in quite the same light if you said you are an equities daytrader as they would have back then. The "next big thing" being aimed at Joe Blow...

I'll answer your question in two parts. First, assuming that you want to run only two monitors, a single video card with dual video outs will serve you as equally well as running dual video cards with single video outs. As things stand today, 2D capability isn't an issue, so aside from image...

Good point, I didn't read through the data sheet last night. This will still be great for a large number of people though, since that is the native res of 17" and 19" flat panels, which I suspect are what most would use for multi-monitor set-ups.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/media_center/press_rel/2005/millennium_g550_pcie.cfm Why is it so great? Because many new standard ATX motherboards with PCI Express tend to feature a x16 graphics card slot, as well as 1 or 2 slots that are only a single lane (x1). So now one could easily...

Not to toot my own horn (well, okay, I guess I am hehe), but CVQ is up about 20% since I posted this, though I'm not sure if the optimism in the stock is relating to the quarter ending June 30, or if it is directly related to it appearing that the NHL will likely be having a season this year.

I entered my position in this stock a bit late, as well as purely on charting, I don't particularly like the fundamentals of the company (I'm not a big fan of issuing shares as the primary business model for a company). That said, it appears to have put in a long term bottom, but I will be...

...on rare occasion they are useful for obtaining a bit of info about a stock when researching a company, but the sheer volume of useless nonsense just stuns me at times. As an example, I took on a higher risk position trade in EAG today, earnings were released after market close, pretty much...

I would agree with this, I think that an MBA would probably give you better career options than pursuing a Phd. Interestingly enough, I don't think that the university I'm at offers large numbers of finance classes for anyone other than business faculty students. There are a few Math classes...

I haven't studied this in depth yet (going to be retaking a class on risk management this fall), but aren't the margin requirements for futures and options based upon the change in value and the initial margin requirement? For example, if your initial margin requirement is, say, $5000, and...

I'm quite interested in seeing how things pan out over the next couple of months in the markets. Right now I feel a lot like what was described in "Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator", where he talks about being individually bearish/bullish on a market too soon. In particular I monitor...

I can't suggest a strategy per say, but another site for Canadian securities would be http://www.canadianinsider.com/ I primarily find insider transactions useful for getting a picture of what company officers are thinking about the future prospects of a company. If you see someone unloading...

To put the following in perspective, I'm currently a "student of the markets", trading with a small account, learning etc. Anyways, I tend to swing and position trade, holding for periods ranging from days to weeks/months, and I always look at the fundamentals for a company. I don't make my...

This is utter insanity. I can at least somewhat understand the factors behind skyrocketing prices for condominiums, houses and land, but it just blows me away that a reasonable person would drop $1.3 mill on a friggin' trailer that isn't a permanent structure (not to mention that it's on land...

I'm glad that you posted about this, I've used Quotestream for a number of months now, and I'll have to check out your MarketCenterLive product. Going to PM you with a minor little bug I found though on your sign-up form...

Since Calgary is fairly close, I'll mention that I would be interested in chatting with some Edmonton-based traders in the future. I'm still at the learning end of things (I'm a uni student) rather than the "seasoned pro with a massive trading account" stage, but it would still be great to...