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Raincrab - The TOS ! button has been complained about by alot of people - if it wasn't so useful to know when I trade has gone off I'd cover it on the monitor I use TOS for ~ If you don't want them sending you surveys or calling you randomly - just call them up and ask them to remove you...

What's the over/under for a PSR (price/sales ratio) with a 9B valuation ? 20 ? 50 ? 100 ? lol

I've been reading how they (Governments) will "inflate" their way out of debt alot lately, and I can only presume higher inflation will not happen without higher Treasuries ~ I put on 3x TBT call spreads yesterday for Sept 12 + Jan 13 + Jan 14 with wide strikes and just in case I'm wrong...

EWP back down to Mar 2009 levels ... where do you think it will go over the rest of 2012 ?

One thing that doesn't make sense to me is TLT being so high and the stock market also being at the multi-year highs ~ those 2 things don't go together. I guess it's money from Europe buying up treasuries cause they're all afraid for the Euro... If the Europe problems start to straighten...

TD Ameritrade is fine for an average investor or rookie using buy/hold, but not so good for a trader or someone doing alot of option trading. The TOS platform is excellent IMO and I would keep a nominal amount of money in TD just to keep access to the TOS platform. (I do not care for web...

If you're new to trading - don't be selling naked calls. PERIOD. You'd probably be better off with covered calls on an inverse ETF like EDZ or even TZA at least you can keep writing calls every month if the market goes up and you won't lose all your money if the market surges to the upside...

Smaller mining co's in general have gotten whacked recently - PAL/SWC get lumped in for better or worse. I've got PAL Sept 3$ risk reversal on (short puts and long calls) which wasn't feeling very good at 2.50, but feels great now at 3.00 and hopefully with a runup coming ~

Depends on what you're trading ~ and what you need in a broker. eOptions is cheaper for options 3$ ticket + .10/contract, but their website is terrible and their platform is not very good (compared to say TOS/AMTD). FWIW - I am going to try out OH so I can move the IRAs from AMTD and stop...

Sell in May and go away - it's an adage for a reason. I read an story somewhere saying that a large majority of 401k money is done by the end of May - most people who contribute don't take the whole year to max out. Also it's worth noting that most people add to their IRAs just before...

Depending on total account size be sure to ask for the "Private Client Services" phone number. (It might be 100k min, but not sure.) They answer the phone directly most times within 1 ring - no automated crap. I'd tell the number but it should be gotten directly from TD regardless.

Maybe I'm blind but I see .95 cents per contract not .75 - I'd take a SS and upload it but I can't be bothered. From the website in 3 places: "Options All Platforms $5.00+ .95 per contract"

+ .95/contract ? yikes !

"Specifically, from Jan. 1, 2010 to Jan. 31, 2010, optionsXpress customers including Feldman (a client) accounted for an average of 47.9 percent of the daily trading volume in one of the securities. In 2009 alone, the optionsXpress customer accounts engaging in the activity purchased...

I think there needs to be a hurricane or two to get nat gas prices to move up markedly and we might be under 3$ for awhile as fracking has increased supply to the extreme. At 1.95/btu I don't think there is much lower to go as I believe many producers will reduce production which should ease...

eOptions charges 3$ per ticket + .10cents per contract. 10 contracts is 4$ 20 contracts is 5$ 100 contracts is 13$ I guess if you're trading 1 contract of like PCLN or some other high dollar underlying then eOptions wouldn't be best but anyone trading 10 lots or more .... I don't think...

UEC and other Uranium stocks (and Solar) are up on Oil being up - don't fool yourself that technicals has anything to do with it. (I'm long CCJ and USU.)

I dont know what you consider cold but it's been freakin cold in SF for a few days now and we're getting into our rainy season ...

Nice story cherry picking data that includes the worst stock market run in 70 years ~ No ideas in that article on why the reduction of income ? I don't suppose that tax loss selling had anything to do with it ? I wonder why that article didn't show a 10, 20, 30 year period ? When the...

If you chart the juniors they all pretty much trade in step with each other, so I dont think you can go too wrong with DNN, URRE, or URZ, but I'd personally prefer CCJ or URA (the ETF). Germany is like 5% of the world consumption of Uranium, and what they say they will do in 10+ years and...