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    ABX long

    i like this trade.. dont think you picked a bottom, but this has some upside.. who knows what happens with NFP on friday. gold and commodities could stay flat from here for months
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    how would you play options like roulette?

    the cool thing about basic spreads is that while on its own, has less risk than outright buying an option, the implied leverage huge. For $240 you can buy a 890/895 bull call spread on GOOG with a max profit of 117% closing above 895.05 in Aug. By comparison just buying a $895 call will cost...
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    Series 56 - LOL Thread

    what is the "toughest" finra license exam?
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    Series 56 - LOL Thread

    how does this compare to CFA level 2? or FRM exam?
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    How to model the future price of OTM options?

    free http://www.optionsprofitcalculator.com/
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    Charts of Note

    your spread trade might work on a relative basis.. but i think PM will go lower. i like the 85/82.5 jul put spread for a max profit of 330%.. i think it will go to 80, but 82.5 is a good exit.
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    Charts of Note

    i just looked at the PM chart.. you can pull it up yourself, i think if the market sell off continues.. this should break below the ~80 support.. i will buy this put spread and my trade will profit below 84.5 and show make max 4.5x profit at 82.5. 85/82.5 put spread.. August
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    Dividends on OTC Stocks

    yes you do.. but the problem is that the depository bank takes a fee and the net tax amount has a much smaller yield than the foreign underlier. example is a stock that pays a 0.10 dividend and fee is 0.02 +0.015 every distribution. you would be surprised what the net amount ends up credited...
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    The Brazilian central bank has 400B in USD reserves and it affects ADRs.

    Bovespa respected a technical support level and could bounce from here. Bovespa painted a beautiful candle when it closed up after an 8% range day. It was a major global sell but brazilian stocks were already in oversold territory. Combined with the BRL depreciating about 10% in a month, the...
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    crashed yahoo finance
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    LMAOF.. at this delay.. IDIOTS everwhere
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    electronic trading is the wave of the FUTURE
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    i called it $60
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    ^^i just made that up really.. i have no clue:p
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    just got word that the flow is enormous.. set to open at near $60 :eek:
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    its a relatively big float compared to Z/P/LNKD/YELP...
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    facebook ipo - opinions - play by play - keep it brief

    this runs to $50 in the first 30min
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    for anyone that has worked at a prop shop

    what wass the average/medium take home draw (monthly) for all traders? yearly figures would be interesting but im guessing survivorship bias would skew all the busted degenerates. what is the average equity values for most traders??
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    help me with this basic VAR calculation

    i found this online and it pretty much covered everything i needed to know http://almprofessional.com/article/3var.pdf
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    help me with this basic VAR calculation

    i will get ridiculed for bringing up such a newb question
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