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No opinions? Comments? :) Maybe I'm wrong to think this is odd? Maybe I'm missing something? Or maybe not? JJacksET4

I was just looking around at the OX site and started their level 4! options quiz for the fun of it. I thought most questions were actually pretty easy, but this one didn't quite seem to have the answer I would have thought. Q. Which of the following is a characteristic of a "Debit...

ahhhhhhhh, Your very Wikipedia quote seems to contradict your comments - they have given $28 Billion, but has poverty gone away? Has it even been reduced? I don't think people aren't giving Gates credit for wanting to do some good, but there is no way in heck he can stop some corruption...

I'm not sure how OX is doing it, but MTE is probably correct. I don't think they are just defaulting to the near month, but they do seem to give it plenty of weight. Yes, I was putting the position in as Novs, but the program for P/L was defaulting to about 30 for the IV (you are able to...

Ok, I see what you are saying. It might still kind of appear as a surge over time I think then though as the Octs get closer to expiry - just that it won't all be on the next day after expiration. Thanks for the explaination though if that is how OX is doing it. I certainly try to...

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Hi guys. I was setting up a straddle P/L chart (on WFMI) and noticed that the software (OptionsXpress) was defaulting to assuming about a 30 IV (either for expiration or whatever date I set). I then realized that the IVs of the options themselves were closer to 40, so I looked a bit...

Just try to buy real estate and sell it 5 minutes later with the new cash in hand (not just a deal where you agree to not buy it and someone who wants it pays you, but you actually buy it and close it)! 3 days would be crazy good in real estate! For that matter just about anything that can...

I have to agree with most of the posts here - it sounds like a bunch of liberal B.S. to try and get attention or something. It would appear he plans to give poor people "fish" instead of teaching them how to fish. Giving every poor person for example even $100,000 would do no good because...

That sounds about like I was. When I was younger (under 18) it seemed like every year I would get an eye checkup and always need a stronger prescription. Once I was old enough to go on my own, I went for one more eye test before getting my driver's license in CA and then I told myself I was...

Interesting that you should post this. I have been meaning to post about my recent experience with my vision, but never had a good reason/thread to put it in here on ET. I have always had very poor vision (started wearing glasses probably in 2nd/3rd grade or so). My prescription numbers...

Quote from billyjoerob: You can't find anyone so you claim there "are NO retails options traders consistently make money"? That's crazy in the first place. No, it's not. It's that simple. I would have more anxiety with margin which can wipe a person out then long options, where the...

Well, worst case scenario in general would be movement towards the long strike and large IV drop, which could happen even if there was still some time left. You just have to use an options calc to see what the pricing would be. For example if PCLN had went to $249 and the IV dropped quite a...

I left the PCLN example in to show - the loss is not limited to the debit if the move goes to the higher strike and IV falls (esp. if time value was now nill), right? Pretend PCLN had gone to 249 for example and pretend it was expiration day. The 240 calls would be $900 against you and the...

I'm trying to compare renting a house to owning a house - at my rental houses the renters are responsible for mowing the lawn, etc. (of course they can pay for a service if they want). The appliances are theirs. Plumbing shouldn't cost TOO much each year. My 100K homes taxes are ~1.5K and...

I don't trade RUT and don't know all the details, but I think this might explain it: http://www.optionetics.com/market/articles/17391 From this link: "This means the option ceases trading on the Thursday however the settlement value is not determined until the market opens the following...

Wow, that might be true in some places, but in the homes that I own, they are in a top-notch school district in the area - the taxes are 1.5% - which is about $1500/year - add in around $100/month for the required insurance and you are talking $200-250/month. Again, in whatever area you are...

Debbie, There is no question that if a person buys a house for say $700K and it falls to $300K, they won't do very good. That being said, there are some areas where further price drops would seem unlikely. For example, I own some in the midwest where you can buy a 3+2+2 house for about...