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True and false at the same time. You need to know the stock first thats of course very important. Lets say you have a good sense for market moves and instead of buying the stock you buy an option at or a bit out of the money. You calculate the risk you would be willed to take in the outright...

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Hi all, I was thining about opening an account with TOS www.thinkorswim.com and would like to know if anyone reading and posting here can make comments on them - good, bad, any? The rates look quite competitive and seemingly they offer nice trading tools for stock- and futures options...

Well that depends how much time one spends trading. From Thailand I get up between 9 and 10 a.m. Trading (Currencies) starts for me at 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. 8.30 to 10 I trade ER, Bonds and Notes, overlapping with the grains between 9.30 and 10.30 and I am done. Many times I dont trade Mondays...

Thanks Optionpro that is exactly what I was looking for.

MK sure can meet for a cold one. You are welcome. Off topic: does anyone reading here know a website where I can see stock options charts. No sophisticated condor-butterfly-crap needed, just a simple price chart and/or price history to do some research with. Thanks P.

Hi Midknight, sorry but I cannot give you updated information on Koh Samuii but the last time I was there (I think 2001) I didnt like it as much as the first time in 1995. Reliable internet there is definetely a problem, so trading is probably a hard to impossible thing. Information on...

Hi, I can daytrade without problems though in very rare cases the connection was down due to blackouts caused by bad weather. This is the really exception and one using bracket orders and has a mobile phone to call his broker available is as safe as anywhere else. On the other hand I have no...

Sorry, but I didnt follow this thread for a while. I live in Phuket, the biggest island, and I trade from there, yes. Internet Connection is ADSL, Broadband or via Satellite. (I use broadband). Taxation is not an issue anymore though it was never the kind of problem like for you guys from the...

If you really want help then you need to unveil a lot more details about your trading. You could/should post your trades with charts explaining what you thought before you entered the trade and what finally took you to exit it, your targets, your stops,... After that you will get oppinions...

Cut your positionsize to the half while doubling your stop, then sit back and watch. Predetermine your targets (1,2,3,...) and always keep a little rest. When you are in the market but not really under pressure you will see things that you didnt see before. You will learn how it feels having a...

Well, I am from Austria and we pay up to 50% tax. I have moved my money to Switzerland and emmigrated to Thailand. P.

Best post so far and gets my vote for point 1. and 2. One really has to walk through the shit to be able taking or even recognizing advices. Ambition starts with awareness and that guides to creativity and reaction. P.