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Times 100...$2,104. after Fidelity commission at the time. Yeah, no dividend. Sorry...I was off a year. I've bought BABA twice and optioned it off both times "sell to open". Looking on Fidelity for the exact numbers. 3/21/19 bought 100 shares of BABA at $179.13 3/21/19 Sell to open 1 lot...

I wrote the same thread a few weeks ago!! You are not stupid. I will do the same thing, basically "at the money" covered calls. I bought BABA for $179.30 I think. Sold the covered call Jan 2021, $180...Got $21.+ change. You get the profit (very small amount...If it gets called away)...

So I own stock in Panasonic (for this issue neither good nor bad). I got the dividend...They charged the ADR charge just like my dividends in ENB (Canada) and GSK (Great Britain). But they also added a second charge of $1.95 calling it again a ADR fee. I know I have to go though banks to do...

Friday night...Markets closed. Thought I (we) could get a thread going on how to tell whether a company is really buying back their stock. I know in the quarterly they will say "they are authorized" to buy back a certain amount $ of stock. But during this time, you never know till the next...

I was thinking the same thing!!

My point is since everyone has gone to zero commissions, how are they making their money...Billions (Schwab, Fidelity, TDA). Besides market makers, they make it on; the float, margins, wealth management, fees (that people may not see when opening an account). Hey, Google is free...Right!! No...

So how much is the exit fee to leave Tradezero?? You think they screwed you with the market rate, wait till you leave... Not only is there an exit fee, you will have to open a new account. Or you can close your positions and get a check...2-4 weeks (while they enjoy the float). Or wire...

PEO is a widow-and-orphen stock. Preserve capital...Pay the dividend...Get out of losing stocks...Move on. I would throw darts at "sale to open" sometimes...Keep dropping my price for a few days then let it expire...Never filled. Again, with PEO, the options are a waste of my time, compared...

Been there...Done that. The problem is there is no real volume for these option...None at all. I have PEO and HAO (China...not closed end but same volume issue). Can not find anyone to trade with. I will look closer now that Schwab and Fidelity have gone to 0 commissions...But options are a...

WOW...You saw it coming?? Cool...Can I see your trades for BNSF?

Yeah, yeah...I knew I would get some of this. But I am talking like 5-15 years ago. You didn't have the lighting fast trades. Someone could write a program that just collected new adds on their profile. NOT CRAZY...I wonder how many people would love/loved to gain early info on Berkshire...

And NO, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I am a value investor...Not great. Think of Berkshire Hathaway type of companies. Boring, dividend paying companies that are undervalued at the time (stable, but maybe a bad quarter). When I would add them to my list of possible investments at Yahoo...

So I pulled the trigger, but chickened out on the covered call below at $15. I bought 200 shares of SLV at $15.78. Then the next day sold 2 "sale to open" for the Jan 21 at $16.00...I sold it for $1.50. Got $300 minus about $1.35 in total fees. It's a wait and see. Just my feeling with the...

Below was for October alone...Let's see what November brings!! I think TDA may have been willing to do the all stock deal because of the assets under management. Like McDonald's making pennies on their soft drinks and burgers. Only a much larger scale...Assets. Last week, Schwab showed that...

Schwab/TDA does not want them to be calling their call center or going into their physical offices...or keeping a thread online for an hour!! The people in the call center (having their licenses and training) and the person behind the desk at the physical office are making OK money. I'm sure...

A quick good read... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/schwabs-td-ameritrade-buyout-plan-133901050.html

As I write this (Friday morning PDT) there is no agreement!! They are in talks. It may be years before you see TDA get brought in...FTC and SEC have to sign off on it. If you are a TDA customer wait and see. Schwab is not stupid. The will want to retain customers and they know TDA has many...

I will give one warning for TD Ameritrade customers. If this buyout goes though, watch your float, money market, bank, liquid funds. This is where Schwab makes most of their money. True story...I had $15,000. sitting in a Schwab Bank savings account. Schwab will fight you to get it into a...

You can always do your stock trading at Lehman Brothers. Do your banking at Wachovia or a savings and loan. I know it's your livelihood (serious day trading), but IB, Robinhood, and other brokers are still around. But, if something like 2007-2009 happened again, I would sleep well with my...

Didn't read the whole thread. But clearly you should NOT be trading options. You asked for a book. Here's one...New York Times best seller for a loooong time. Start with this before you seek options. The book is old, but the concepts still apply...