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GATrader If you are long stock, long put you are synthetically long call. So in that case, I would just intiate a trade by buying the call at the strike of your long put. By buying the 2 options as described you are giving up 2 premiums/time values verses one with a long stock, long put...

GAtrader, thank you for the reply and I have two questions. You mention HAL which came up on one of my screens. The chart pattern the first week of Feb. and the cost of a hedge, long stock and long Mar. 15 puts, had an acceptable risk/reward and it turned out you could sell the Mar 15...

It is depressing that we have a suffocating, expensive, regulation-mad government that will gladly throw you in jail for killing a rat or using un-PC language but they cannot handle a determined and rich guy like Cook. A, isn't all about who has the $$$, ala OJ.

What happened to your Expo report? is that what got removed? I thought that was interesting material. I had forwarded it to a pro friend, but now it appears gone. Disappointing ... think, and form your own conclusions

ToTrade Try fib levels along with standard deviation, the quicker the move to a level and the distance from the standard deviation line should make that level more justifiable.

try http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/finder/predefstocks.asp

...I have to say though that the occasional personal attacks, justified or not, are dissapointing. Forgive me, but I really like the flaming and attacks, it is really spiritied, fun to read and brakes the boredom.

New_2_this How about those affiliated with advertisers posting reviews and praise of their own company without disclosing the relationship? How about Baron deleting posts that criticize his advertisers? Eldredge I don't have any problems with the ads. I hope Baron makes a pile of...

9500 members with only 200 book reviews, what does that percentage say?

Another book on tape reading is "Studies in Tape Reading" by Rollo Tape, pen name for Richard Wyckoff, copyright 1910, still valid. A study in psychology rather than mechanics.

White, what works for me is a fast 25 minute walk in the early morning before the markets open and no matter what the weather. Another trader here writes first thing, anything that comes into his head. We achieve the same things, clearing the mind. You try to focus on what has to be done...

Do you mean what mental and/or physical ritual to get pumped or primed for trading or the ritual of checking news, overseas markets, running your screens, pre-market volume etc.?......Pat

I think you mean Stage or Carnagie deli.

You are in training, but you might be obsessing over your "dream" more than the training. Re-focus, have patience, don't be to hard on yourself and work your plan.

Brown is only broker I've kept, been with them for years, after trying and eliminating many others. The fact that they sell order flow has actually been helpful in getting small size filled.....Pat

Anyone using option scanning software/sites like Optionfind, The Option Club etc. and what are your opinions of them. Not looking to daytrade options, but hedged positions, and have always started with charts of stock than looked at options, maybe I should be scanning options first...

As a boy I remember this Chinese toy/puzzle where you put your index fingers in either side of a bamboo mesh and try to pull them apart, the harder you pull the tighter the bamboo held onto your fingers, only by relaxing the tension on your fingers could you remove them. The same applies to...

Comcast in N.J. almost as bad, bugs in software, very slow at times, NO tech support, can't get thur and wrong info when you do. Swithing to DSL soon.........Pat

Alan, Opinions are like armpits, everyone has them, so I won't add my opinion, but my experience from trading which started in 1970. I'm not saying I am more experienced or profitable than others are but I do know what makes a good foundation. I have traded futures, options and stocks and...

Some years ago had satelite, which wasn't very reliable, weather and positioning problems, however it may be better now but I wouldn't use it again. Have had cable for 3 or 4 years from Comcast / excite@home and it was fast and dependable until excite went out of business. Now Comcast is...