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One way to mitigate risk that might appeal to you is to split your portfolio with 50% of your spreads and 50% with covered calls. In this way if we have a Lehman style shock and your covered calls are on well-chosen stocks, at least you may have a reasonable expectation that these stocks will...

You should be more specific. I take your post to mean you are selling ATM near-term calls against a long position in longer-dated calls at the same strike? If that is the case and you are using 100% of your portfolio, it is simply a matter of time before you blow up. You are more protected...

"Big D" is completely clueless, yet he speaks with certainty. But I guess this is the type of thread on value investing we should expect on ET right? I could get into this discussion, but it is just not worth my time. Only this one observation: Certain 'deep value' investors focus on...

Reading through the posts here, I was struck by the comments about how it is a mistake to trade the funds of friends & family. Then I think about Warren Buffet's circle of early investors - strictly a close circle of friends and family. Hmmm ...

I was preparing to mildly flame you for posting this, but as I read through your entire post I realized the irony, sarcasm, humor and core truth. As a piece of black humor, not bad ...

TM - all your comments are fair, and I can & will address every one for my target audience as necessary. But I just don't care to get drawn into it in a public forum. Anyway, I wasn't asking for go / no-go advice here. (This has been rehashed on ET plenty enough times, correct?) But thanks...

I appreciate the discussion. My question specifically related to regulatory issues, and I got one response on that, so thanks. I don't have an argument with any of the comments on this thread, per se, other than to say they assume things about me that, while reasonable, may not be accurate...

I was thinking about this during Obama's recent tour through Asia. During that week Hang Seng and Kospi were plainly overvalued (Obama visited Shanghai, Beijing, and Seoul). Now, sure there may have been some speculation that there would be some announcements during the trip. But more than...

I'm hoping I don't immediately need such a structure, but simply trade the accounts for a pre-determined cut of profit. Obviously after my initial investors do well, I'd like to formally turn it into a small hedge fund, but I'd like to keep it simple for the time being. As for trading style...

I'm planning to solicit risk capital from a dozen or more friends & family spread across a few countries in Asia and several cities in the US. Most communication will be via phone and e-mail. We will us IB's simple friends & family service. Are there rules/regs I need to be aware about re...

Here is a great one - lots of legit fund managers/analysts read and participate: http://www.valueinvestorsclub.com/value2/

When interest rates were higher I opened an account with ING Direct. They're ok - very streamlined website. Hell, I live overseas and was still able to open an account using my US address. But ING Direct services are limited. They are straightforward and don't monkey around with nickels and...

Ok, Doji made me smile. But seriously, Playboy is a valuable brand, if someone creative can get excited about doing something with it. I wouldn't short, because all it takes is one internet-billionaire to buy this as a trophy company to wipe out all shorts. Mark Cuban bought the Mavericks...

Your money never disappeared. It just temporarily wasn't reflected in TWS. (Bet your daily statement was always exactly accurate.) I've had it happen when I held some index options into expiration ... seemed like IB's system put a hold on some money during the clearing process. If memory serves...

Carefully reviewing my results from last week, here are three improvements I must make for the coming week: 1. I must trade HSI/Kospi exclusively. The time is past for experimenting with other instruments. This cost me about $790 (net) in the previous week. 2. I need to forgo selling...

Ok, a brief synopsis of my methodology. For the both Chinese and S. Korean equities there are many firms that are listed in both the US and in the local markets. Each morning in Asia I benchmark where relevant instruments traded/closed overnight in the US, together with qualitative factors...

I've been trading for many years, and spent some time at a too big to fail bank doing fundamental analysis. As a trader I've made money, but on net have lost way more money than I care to admit. I've finally settled on a methodology that trades Kospi options/futures and the HSI/MHI HangSeng...

Thks for the help all. I'm just gonna have to try better and stay on top of this.

Kindly point out where on that website is mention of altered trading times today ... I don't see it.

Ehhh ... I didn't get the part about also staying open another hour. Is this info available on the Korean Stock Exchange website? Otherwise, how best for us non-Korean speakers to stay on top of schedule changes like this? I had a great day trading Kospi, but knowing the schedule would have...