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Staying with limited risk strategies, like the butterfly, vertical spread, etc., helped me out while learning options. It's easy to get the deer in the headlights look when all your greeks start moving at once. With a limited risk position, where I was "comfortable" (but not happy) with the...

There's a lot out there on the web regarding HSA's. However, for traders there's a couple of items to note. One, the premiums for the high deductible insurance are only deductible if you have earned income (through a business or marked to market). I keep hearing how they want to change the law...

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see also... http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58688

There was a previous thread on this as well.. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58972&highlight=Wellington

Broker calls 100 people - tells them XXX is going up soon. Broker calls another 100 people - tells them XXX is going down soon. If XXX goes up he calls the first 100 back. If XXX goes down he calls the second 100 back. Next, repeat the process, possibly with another security - tell...

For folks in the higher income brackets, who've already maxed out their allowed tax-deferred contributions, there may be some benefit to annuities as a way to shelter more income. I'm not a financial planner, but I've heard this twice from two experts whose opinion I trust. As always, due...

IWM, the Russell 2000

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Go to www.888options.com and order their free educational material. Learn it. It's a great start. Next, get a copy of Natenburg's "Option Volatility and Pricing" and read it 2-3 times until you start to grasp the Greeks. He highlights delta-neutral trading in there, but don't get too excited...

.JXAKQ for 1185 Call on TOS. Remember, they're weekly. Don't bother looking for December.

Enron was in '01 and Baron's the owner/operator of this board.

I believe Tom Sosnoff, one of the founders and former CBOE pit trader, came up with the name. I've never heard the story behind it, though. Good luck to all.

Yes, there is a bullish bias in the 'stock market', but it's mostly do to survivorship bias. The strong get stronger and the weak eventually go away. I don't recall the numbers precisely, but I believe only 14 of the 30 present Dow Industrials members were present in the index in 1985 (taking...

You think s/he's connected with them?

Leonard Bernstein!

I got a call over the weekend. The premier support is working today, got right in after about 30 secs on hold. Supposedly my problem was local to my account (something about both standard and premier support being activated - go figure since I ordered right off their web site). But again, I...

Two days later and still no premier warranty support.. I'm glad this is a preemptive strike. I'm primarily checking to see if I'm getting what I paid for with the upgraded warranty/tech support. So far so bad. If they don't have the 'glitch' fixed in the next few days I'll request a refund on...

Inspiron or Lattitude and Home or Small Business?

I got a 5100 with the 1905 monitor, pretty nice rig once I removed all the extra stuff Dell loads on it. I was concerned with what I'd been hearing about Dell's service so I upped for the Premium warranty. My experience with 'Premier" has been less than satisfactory; I paid even more for...