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    Never shorted options before

    Options allow for very high leverage with limited risk and high transaction cost, if you're good enough at trading the leverage is the advantage and transaction cost is not really a factor. Try not being mediocre, it will change your outlook on options trading.
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    Never shorted options before

    Of course options are not without risk. You should weigh the risk/reward of trading option versus trading the underlying stock, if you can't find an advantage in taking the option trade do not take it.
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    Never shorted options before

    The numbers i gave you were already worse case scenario e.g. buy at ask sell at bid in that example. If you can't figure out how to profit from options simply don't trade them is my advice to you.
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    does your GRPN curve?

    Wait till Amazon or some other company comes in with lower margins that allow better deals.
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    Never shorted options before

    The solution is don't bet on a coin flip, use limit order, and inexpensive broker. The value priced into options is only that, it isn't a guarantee of probability. Your edge may give you a very different value. Also you benefit from theta decay in the case of sideways price action. Yes the...
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    Never shorted options before

    Not quite. Here is an example: Let's say you thought S&P will most likely go down in price, but there is also a small risk of a gap up instead. The 119 Nov. SPY call is selling for 1.49, your maximum risk is unlimited, your maximum gain is 1.49. You can sell a 119/120 call spread for .48...
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    Never shorted options before

    Can always sell a spread for limited risk.
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    Super Committee Failure... Joke and BS!

    Heads up for their next great plan, which is instead of reducing the increase in spending to reduce the increase in rate of increase in spending slightly.
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    Hewlett Packard

    Well, trading even AH on earnings, rev beat
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    Linkedin getting killed again

    $66 so far, before getting bought back up
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    Hewlett Packard

    Should retest 23 if earnings are poor, or at least see a nice drop.
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    Congress at record 82% disapproval rate

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/us/politics/05poll.html What's this 18% illegal immigrants polled by mistake? The circus continues.
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    america before ther nanny state

    Unbelievable ! :D
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    Looks like the stupid committee failed, automatic cuts to happen

    Automatic cuts as a backup was a great plan, 1.3 trillion over a long period isn't much though.
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    america before ther nanny state

    For most americans the high standard of living is going to take a drastic downturn, it has already started.
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    BAC PE ratio

    possibly they based it on year to date or not updated
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    Panl

    solar stocks up today
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    Boeing going up?

    Boeing looks kinda weak after the news report, would think it should go up more.
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    My Story of Trading Failure

    He means that's the normal, since most traders fail.
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    Psychopath "Tells"

    You described ego-centricity not narcissisism.
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