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I agree that the movie studios and other TV and movies rights holders could compete directly with Netflix Amazon, Blockbuster, etc., but of course, they would be forgoing the revenue from Netflix and its competitors. Are you suggesting that the movie studios and TV producers will actually start...

I'd like to echo others who have noted that one of Netflix's competitive advantages is that they can be found on your video game consoles, Ipad, TIVO, laptop, desktop, android phone, dvd player etc. That flexibility is huge for them, and sets them apart from Amazon, Hulu, Blockbuster etc. I...

Whenever I adopt a technical view of the market, I try to find and examine persons who are looking at the same exact charts and the inverse of what I am seeing. I see a bearish pattern, but if 1292 is broken, that would probably be a very bullish sign. Short term, the trend seems up. How...

So we have IB, etrade, and Victor. According to theMargininvestor (dot) com: ThinkorSwim offers portfolio margin (I'm not sure if it does for new customers post-TD merger). OptionsXpress (now Charles Schwab) apparently offers it as well. Optionshouse offers it (but apparently not to...

For order buyback, the simplest thing to do is to "replicate" the original order, which is an option when I click on the original order, and then simply reverse the buy and sell. And you can certainly buy back the entire order on a single ticket. As for the screening software, I shouldn't...

I am not sure if I understand what you mean. OptionsHouse certainly lets you enter four legs on one ticket; I've done it. Just hit Add Option Leg on the Order ticket entry screen. I find that supplementing OptionsHouse with SamoaSky's free OptionsOracle software works well. OptionsHouse's...

I tried trading at these same instruments with stop losses, but I found that the stop losses were ineffective. ATM and slightly OTM calls have the greatest time premium; whether the underlying assets moves up or down, or does nothing, the time premium must go down. Time premium is lower both...

You asked, I'm responding. But do not think that I am recommending this trade. I already said don't do this. It is just an example of an options trade where the stop loss is essentially the full amount at risk. Sell SPY Jan 12 @ 117 for $11.11 Buy SPY Jan 12 @ 127 for $2.70 That is...

I have tried stop loss orders both based on the option price and on the underlying instrument's price. I have had poor results with both. With regard to tying the stop loss to the option price, if the bid ask moves just a little, the stop loss can be triggered without any real change in the...

Does anyone have any experience with Etrade's portfolio margin? Do they track the TIMS margin closely? Thanks for any info.

Can new accounts be qualified for portfolio margin at ThinkorSWIM? The website just states that accounts which have portfolio margin will keep it, but that is it. Thank for any info.