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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/business/global/spain-stings-argentina-over-nationalization-of-repsol-ypf.html How about relaunching the Spanish armada?

IBKR -7.4% on the news.

In other words, for position sizing there is no such thing as high conviction, medium conviction, or low conviction trades. You should be taking the same risk every trade.

Where do the 90% of people don't make it as actors, professional athletes, or professional poker players end up?

Some occupations won't require work experience, but you need to go to school. A lot of these are in the health care field.

You mean like this place?

Sometimes it's simply a shift in perception that drives asset prices. It's the same shift it perception that's driving retail out of stocks and into bonds. The same perception that makes people fearful of buying real estate when everyone wanted it back in 2005. I think the miners are...

I found someone answered this a couple years ago. The borrow cost is indeed high at IB. You can borrow for free at Scottrade, but the shares often won't be available, or in a declining market you are forced to "buy-in" your position.

Sorry, eric, I was thinking the same thing. If you've been making money on it, consider it dumb luck. In the long run, you are probably better off getting a health care professional job than trying to daytrade in the financial markets.

I read that article. I did a simple excel analysis for 1 year with GLD and the strategy lost money. You would have been better off simply buying and holding it.

How many of you believe in Option Max Pain Theory?

no transparent price = scam

I recommend you DON'T trade it. You should very fearful of LOSING ALL OF YOUR MONEY. You should be scared shitless. Easy come, easy go.

IMO, precious metals are still in sell-off mode. There's something of a disconnect between the expectations for QE between gold and silver vs. stocks. Stocks are expecting more QE and rising (now falling as I type), whereas precious metals don't expect QE, thus falling.

The uptrend is still very powerful. I would be very fearful trying to fight this right here.

Kicked the can so far down the road you can't see the can anymore.

What you think?

LMAO.

How high is this rocket launcher going?

100 year bond is a toxic security, but only on a longer time frame.