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I had looked into Italy, well Campione to be precise, and it seemed like a very attractive proposition. However, my entire life is based in London, and if there is any way I can avoid uprooting myself and becoming an itinerant tax avoider I'm going to pursue it. Which is why the UK...

Just discovered this thread, quite opportune timing given that I've been looking into this quite extensively over the past couple of weeks. The two most realistic solutions I'd come to were, 1) Obtain residency in Gibraltar. Essentially, the main requirement is to own property there...

pvram68, Thank you for your kind words. For the time being, trading is still an exhilerating game I can't get enough of. I hope my enthusiasm shines through my posts. A dream of mine has always been to become a professional writer. But I decided a while ago that I wouldn't attempt...

Hi Cache, Thanks for the words of encouragement. I was definitely getting nervous, at one point sitting on a paper loss of 15% of my account value. All I could see were red candles, free-falling through 50-SMAs, support levels. Everything was being violated. What's more, I didn't have...

As the megalodon swarm beneath the ice, thick black bodies ramming the shelf, the cracks spread, spider-webbing across the flimsy surface. Desperately I skate across, searching for solid ground, yet the obsidian behemoths give chase, hurtling through the murky waters. Colossal frames thud...

In a week when TXN, OPEC, bonds and interest rates conspired to draw me down to the abyssal depths, the icey shelf of support held firm. Meanwhile, my guide in hostile waters, incommunicado. As the cracks begin to form beneath my feet, I stand teetering on the brink of the precipice...

Thank you for the flattering comments. I'll endeavour to oblige.

Jack of all trades..... :p

Couldn't be more true. I believe it was John Templeton who stated the secret to wealth in a single word. Gratitude.

How did you guess? :D

Two more diagonals - SLB and AAPL - and 100% of equity locked, loaded and fired into the churning blue waters of the Marianas...

Buying ITM leaps, selling front-month ATM. So effectively covered calls with stock replacement. All current and future diagonals will be constructed in the same fashion. I'll aim to have 100% equity invested the majority of the time. I'll aim to boost returns with some credit spreads...

ACAT transfer from IB to TOS complete. Opened diagonals in OIH, MRVL and BTU. 20% of total equity in each position. Astride the twin Torpedo, Nitrox-enriched I take the plunge, divemaster by my side. Ice, I hope you sold those calls.

Hi Iceman, Thanks for the input. Away for a few days, then started a new job with a lot more responsibility and a steep learning curve so I've been preoccupied lately. In response to trading being easy, I have a number of beliefs that have served me impeccably in life and in achieving...

Hmm, so much for that idea. Conditional GTC buy/sell orders for spreads don't seem to exist, at least as far as IB are concerned. Leaving my portfolio in the hands of higher powers it is then. :cool: And maybe next time I know I'm going away for a few days, I won't open ten new positions...

Closed AAPL for a 1% loss. Would have liked to hold it for longer, but checked with IB, and apparently impossible to enter an order for a conditional buy of the short leg, and activation of a trailstop on the long leg ONCE the short leg is filled. In retrospect, if both conditional...

Where to start? XEO - Yesterday, looking at the daily chart of the S&P 500 couldn't help but notice what appeared to be a six month cycle, which we were poised at the midpoint of, price at an apparent peak. Based on that, my bold estimation was that the S&P would drop to 1220 by the end of...

APOL - 60-65 March bear call spread (0.70)

New Positions XEO - Mar 590-600 bear call spread (2.30) SGP - Mar 20-22.5 bull put spread (2.20) CELG - Mar 60-65 bull put spread (0.90) Looking at EBAY and APOL. Will elaborate later.

Have I inadvertently stumbled into an iron condor?...