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Looks like I will sit on the sidelines till maybe Jan. VIX in the 11s markets seem to be wrapping up for the year. I was able to close out earlier than expected. Don't feel any trades that provide the risk adjusted returns I like. Anyhow hopefully everyone did well this year and have a happy...

Very little details. not sure if serious.

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Curious how old are you? The way you comport yourself in this forum is quite immature and shows lack of class and tact. There is no way someone will fund you period if you behave this way in public in addition to having no money to fund account to at least show some trading experience. You will...

But no one is going to fund you if you have no history of actually making money. You cannot just show up with an empty cup and a bunch of powerpoints and a grand speech to a bunch of people and expect them to fill your cup.

Rumors are she might come out of the smoke Dec 19 as president. Could you imagine that hehe I wonder what would happen.

Actually they had no issue with it prior to the final tally. To them it was about the Blue electoral college firewall. They were talking about an EC landslide for HRC.

LOL With taxes the only way is to pay a professional to make sure it is 100% Kosher. The one thing you do not try to guess or cheat is the IRS.

Amazing how people do not get it. If votes were just based on popular votes, then there is no reason for most of the US to be part of the union. You can split America in half.

Did you actually even read the article? She was a terrible candidate. Warren,sanders,etc.. would beat Trump. The tried to force a square peg into a round hole and it did not work.

It seems like. Hillary made the same mistakes and lost nomination to Obama.

I work out my trades and plan them with an HP48 RPN calculator along with paper and pencil. It has been working for me well for years. Also lots lots of years practicing your honing your skills. There is no shortcuts or magic involved being a successful trader.

You are subject to regular Reg-T margin requirements. I suspect what you are thinking about is Portfolio margin. PM will consider the hedge/maxloss into consideration when calculating margin. The put option in regular Reg-T will not lower you margin requirements.

You never lock in profits if you have not closed. :)

LEAPS offer plenty of opportunities :)

You can talk all you want, present tons of powerpoint slides and backtest to your hearts content. It means jack, show 10+ years of real money verifiable returns and the list of all your transactions maybe we speak. :) It sounds like you are putting the cart before the horse. Go trade your own...

You pay a fee for having you shares called away. Usually 20 dollars. Remember use the correct terminology. Assigned means stock has been delivered to your account. Called away means your long stock position was removed from your account and delivered to the contract holder who chose to...

Yes you always keep the premium. That is your payment for services rendered. (ie you sold insurance to someone no different than GEICO keeping those premiums ever year regardless if you got into an accident or not)

#2 is false. You always need to know what is going to happen next in order to make money. You need to also plan ahead for a worst case scenario and plan how to handle it at least try to grasp an approximation of expected market situations. (ie Fed reporting in next week, ex-dividend dates,etc..)...

LOL man I never place market orders on options even SPY options even if they are a penny wide, even if the depth on the book looks good, hell no. All it takes is an unexpected glitch and your done.