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  1. BMK

    what do you do before you chose a stock to buy?

    Are you trying to daytrade, or are you swing trading/position trading?
  2. BMK

    Can someone identify what news program this format of headline is coming from?

    I do not recognize the header "most recent." However, a Google search reveals that this news has been posted by Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-moderna/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-appears-to-work-as-well-in-older-adults-in-early-study-idUSKBN25M1Y0
  3. BMK

    What are you reading & why?

    @Overnight: Those two videos made me laugh. And I recognized the Brian Eno song, but it took me a couple minutes to figure out where I recognized it from: It's part of the soundtrack for Trainspotting. Know that film? Yeah, that song was the broken toilet scene LMAO
  4. BMK

    What are you reading & why?

    Have you read Options as a Strategic Investment by Lawrence McMillan?
  5. BMK

    Problems with TD Ameritrade

    So you are a US citizen living in Brazil? I don't have any meaningful experience with international issues like that. You are definitely a US person, so it seems to me that you can open an account as a US citizen. But if your permanent home address is not in the US, that might create issues for...
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    Problems with TD Ameritrade

    I think the recommendations are going to depend on what products you plan to trade, and how much money you are starting with... And of course, what country you are in. Some brokers do not offer futures or forex. Other brokers specialize in those products and offer nothing else. I trade stock...
  7. BMK

    SEC fees on zero commission platforms

    That's a difference of 36 cents. What product are you trading? Looks like the CME exchange fee for E-mini equity futures for a clearing member. BMK
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    Madoff clients to return profits

    Irving Picard?? That's a character from Star Trek, played by Patrick Stewart. - - Ok, wait a minute... I'm thinking of Jean-Luc Picard. Nevermind.
  9. BMK

    How will the market react to the election?

    Most seem to think that the market will drop sharply if Biden wins, anticipating higher taxes and an overall environment over the next four years that is less friendly to Wall Street and big business. Is the market likely to rise sharply if Trump wins? How are you going to play the election...
  10. BMK

    Madoff clients to return profits

    In that Sears case, they are not going after the little guy. BMK
  11. BMK

    Tax loss carryforward after going broke in trade?

    Although... now that I'm thinking about it, the amount of your capital loss carryforward may have to be adjusted due to some/all of the debt being erased by the bankruptcy BMK
  12. BMK

    Tax loss carryforward after going broke in trade?

    In some cases, some of the capital loss carryforward gets used up each year, even if there is little or no income to absorb it. The IRS uses a very complicated formula. I suspect that things are further complicated by the fact that right now, the personal exemption has been reduced to zero...
  13. BMK

    x time Leveraged Option

    There are derivative instruments available that have a different multiplier. The multiplier is smaller--not larger. But the underlying is identical. If you look at these products, you should be able to test your ideas using historical market data. Do ND futures trade at five times the price of...
  14. BMK

    Tax loss carryforward after going broke in trade?

    How would the "creator" of an ETF benefit from "triggering" a stoploss that "wipes a bunch of accounts"? BMK
  15. BMK

    I have shorted 50 shares of Tesla at 407.00, do i hold or Short more ?

    It says "If this security becomes hard-to-borrow in the future," so that means it is NOT currently hard-to-borrow. BMK
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    I have shorted 50 shares of Tesla at 407.00, do i hold or Short more ?

    Schwab warns you, with a message that appears when you place an order to sell short, if the stock is hard-to-borrow. Currently, Schwab does not identify TSLA as hard-to-borrow. You can have a look right now, even after hours. Just start an order to sell short again. Don't submit the order. On...
  17. BMK

    Day Trading/Swing Trading Futures

    I have never traded futures. I trade options on equities and index ETFs (e.g., DIA, SPY, QQQ). I have only the most rudimentary understanding of futures. And I am not jumping into them LOL. Our account is not even approved for futures trading. But I would like to understand how people do this...
  18. BMK

    since we know that all trading courses are bullshit, what would you actually look for in one?

    I would agree that most good medical schools hire instructors that have actual experience practicing medicine, and that they are good at it. Law school is a different matter. Many law professors have not actually practiced law for many, many years. And they may or may not have been good lawyers...
  19. BMK

    Startup help

    Why don't you want to be rich? BMK
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