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Hello Riskfreetrading, how are you ? It is nice to see you, I do remember when we exchanged thoughts 6 months ago, I am glad that at least one person can relate to and understand what I am talking about. I hope you are having a good year as well :-) ( and you were right ! it is...

I can precisely tell you the probability of an option hitting my strike price at any given moment. For me selling options it is not a game at all, it is a business, if i wanted to play games I would go to Vegas. Unfortunately this is no easy topic and it is impossible to explain it here. I...

I did say that there is also a big component about money management that is rarely discused by the industry when it comes to selling options. Such part is very very important because very few know and understand how to apply it. It is also a matter of being consistent. Everyone is able to...

You make it sound as if selling options is not safe, if that were the case then one could argue that buying them is...see it makes no sense. And it does depends A LOT on what someone does, but I couldn't care less in convincing you or anyone else.

Selling naked puts is a very effective strategy but of course the other part is that there are many ways to do it and hedge funds and money manager that are consistent in the long run don't really share the whole picure, and yes if it was easy everyone would do it, but all strategies work if one...

ok so in terms of losses/gains % it is going to be the same, right ?

Ok I sold naked puts on FXI, recentely it has split 1 to 3, what happens to my naked puts ? Does the broker adjust the price when they will be assigned to me this fri ?

lilduckling and loderunner had great answers, mine won't be as good but...i consider myself a semi-pro trader ( meaning trading is not a hobby, it is my only job and it is how i make a comfortable living) and you and people like you is exactly what keeps me in business. In our messed up MTV...

Nowdays things can get crazy so before thinking about all the money I could make by trading I think about keeping safe what I have. It seems that the vast majority of brokers if they go bankrupt will cover your cash up to $ 200.000 At this point I wonder if FDIC insurance is additional to the...

sorry to ask the obvious but I just want to double check on the broker insurance. Most claim to be SIPC insured, but what if someone has more than $ 500.000 in cash what would happen if the boker goes belly up ? ( Etrade / etfc ) does not look pretty in 2008. It might be an unlikely...

Wait, I am not talking about negotiating rates for commissions, I am talking about rates paid as interest on your capital sitting in the account...are we talking about the same things ? In other words...can you negotiate the interest they pay you ? thanks for your reply

anyone knows ?

I would like to open an accoutn with them but... ...does Thinkorswim pays a little interest on the money left in the account ? thank you

Ken Heebner is a market wizard no doubt about that. He even beated Peter Lynch in terms of performance in the last decade, there was an article on Fortune about it, Now...the fact that he is bullish about certain aspects of the economy means absolutely nothing for the 90% of all other...

Port1385 has a great point. Although ET has something to help you get started with resources in a general sense, the bottom line it is that I, like many others are here for the entertainment. Sure, RM a while ago made some money, but everyone does at one point or another. Only the real...

To the OP I love Jim Cramer. He is very enetertaining. Street.com said this and then said that...aaand what is your point ? If your idea of investing/trading is to watch tv in the evening and place money in the market the following morning I wish you luck. Maybe in your...

Hello, I am a pro trader meaning that this is all I do. Trading is not a hobby or a passion I do manage other accounts. My goal is to make money every month regardless of market direction. I am looking for someone who knows very well the ins and outs of TOS platform ( thinkback ) to...

Why not ? I placed 110k with Man Financial, I wanted to use 80 k as a collateral who cares if it is in t bills or gold ?

If I am bullish on gold at least for the long term, I would buy GLD. However I was wondering if instead of GLD I could buy GO ( comex ) on the futures market or something similar. Is GO it the same thing as buying GLD ? I ask because I just opened an account with Man Financial and instead of...

Hi there, I have been having etrade for years and I love it. I also have IB and Man however the other two brokers are best for professional or semi-professional traders. On the broker review part of this site I wrote my opinion on all brokers. I have level 4 and I understand your...