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Hmm.. yeah, that's the only one I found too. I don't think the new notes are out yet, and part of the reason they're issuing those notes might be to pay off the ones that are about to mature.

If you're daytrading futures, IB would be good for you. They do charge you a carry cost (PER CONTRACT) for holding them overnight though, so just be aware of that. That's also only w/ unbundled pricing iirc, but unbundled is what you want, since you pay significantly less in commissions. IB...

Tom, let's say the bid-ask on a stock is Bid: 11 Ask: 12 On an odd lot the spread might be: Bid: 10 Ask: 13 since there's less liquidity w/ odd lots. Of course, in reality the difference would be a cent or 2, but it's still a big difference if you're daytrading.

They seem like a pretty decent deal.. 6% interest while you hold the bond, then if the stock price exceeds 28.08 or whatever the # was, you short the stock at 28.08, collect short interest on that, plus the coupon until maturity, win/win!

you have to give a net credit for a credit spread and a net debit for a debit spread.. are you sure you got that part of it correct?

Keep in mind there's slightly wider spreads on odd-lots, which will kill you on daytrading.

Yep, short squeeze. I tried my hand at daytrading today (just 200 share lots), made around 27 round trips and only ended up about flat :( I am holding some shares short overnight (600). Shorted em at 56.21

Since you're going to unwind it, make sure you put it in as a buy/write unwind order, DO NOT DO THE TRANSACTIONS SEPERATELY! This way you gaurentee your net credit in closing it out.

If you want, unwind your CC position, and go ahead and use the money for other opportunities. Although, if you feel there's very little risk, Hanging around till expiration day for 20 cents isn't that bad. Especially considering you're paying slippage and commissions on a stock and option...

10 cent trailing stop? That's like an intra-day stop.. That's a bit small for a position you intend to hold for a while. Then again, it is only a $6 stock so it is almost 2%. Still though, I'd rethink the stop, you don't want a small amount of fluctuation that doesn't actually signify a...

vetten, another way you can protect yourself against a market crash, instead of getting insurance, is to have some long and some short positions. I mostly write options, so I'd get screwed with a big move in either direction, but I keep some long and some short, so if I do get fucked over, at...

The above ideas are all good ones. DO NOT use tape or duct tape though, unless you never plan on moving the stuff again, ever, because that shit will make the wires all sticky when you peel it off.

Sorry, let me clarify, the stop loss should be fixed in proportion to per share.

I trade stocks that have a very tight 1c spread.. if the spread's wider then that, then i'll adjust accordingly. And what I do is buy on the ask right before the ask disappears, and both the bid and ask go up a cent, if the bid starts going down, or the stock won't move, i scratch the trade...

How about switching the sizes of the nickel and the dime. I mean, a nickel has about 9 cents worth of metal in it, so it'd be perfect for a dime. Plus I never understood why a nickel is bigger then a dime, since it's worth less. Or using something besides nickel in a nickel, since nickel...

On their site they have all these testimonials (prob fake) of people spending the crap. Merchants would have to be outta their mind to accept it at face value. The max I'd give for it if I was a merchant is the spot price of silver.

I don't really day-trade, and when I do so it's only because I'm bored and have nothing better to do, heh. But when I trade I trade momentum, and if a stock slips 2 cents, I'm out, whereas if it's rising, I'll let it keep rising until it slips 2 cents. There's no one "reasonable stop...

$50K for a jeweler is nothing. If they sell any fine jewelery, they have millions in inventories. like 5 or 6 rolexes can easily be 50K.

just keep in mind they make their money off commissions, they could care less if you profit or not since your losses are taken outta your deposit.

I'd sell a doomsday hedge well before i'd buy one. Waste of money IMO. If things get ugly start liquidating.