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i'd suggest going w/ itm b/c if price goes against you you'll be able to recover more value when you stop out.

+1. what happens when you wait to earn more $ b/c now the delta is almost 1 if the option is atm and it's expiry week then the market goes against you and your gain/breakeven turns into a 100% loss. i use both a price (atr) and time (5 days max) stop. adjust as necessary for volatility and...

+1 re going to win 7 instead of 8. win 8 is just a next generation vista in terms of unusability (a new word) and resource hogging. i wish win xp would have support for the next 100 years so i could use it forever. basically the day before support is cancelled next year i'm going to upgrade...

you don't want to use SPXPM? in general i don't really think this is news. first of all you can only exercise options on friday until 530 est (well i've never heard of anyone doing it later).

another way to 100% prevent a total wipeout is to use multiple (3-4) brokers w/ DIFFERENT clearing firms. IMHO IB is the best broker for safety even after this latest incident but still you never know. if you had asked me if one of the highest volume futures traders (MF) would go to wallpaper i...

AFAIK they do have to post. i would do the following: first, check your confirm statement from your broker and make sure you got confirmed (don't just rely on the platform) second, check the time and sales (some platforms have this data available) third, contact the broker (email, call...

umm maybe i'm simplifying it too much but you're basically buying insurance (like a put option).

not really re to OH but i remember (i'm sure a lot of you guys do too) when TOS was upgrading their software a while ago and traders had probs entering orders/freezing platform/etc. you can goog it but one hedge fund actually sued them (good luck haha as marko from taken would say) saying that...

re my previous post, my comments are ONLY the 2nd and 4th paragraphs - i was responding to the previous poster's comments.

in response to a pm i received from a user i thought it'd be better to post my responses to his/her questions. some of this may be redundant to my other posts on this topic. question: why do you like mse vs avg or other programs? i use malwarebytes and spywareblaster i like it b/c...

micro caps are one of the least efficient markets out there and offer a great opportunity for an activist investor. here's some research i've done. http://microcapbargainhunter.blogspot.com/

i see the iai and gs, ms pretty much the same (very much over past week) and xbd much stronger than all of them. given that you can't trade xbd it seems better to just focus on the etf's, underlying stocks.

the clearing firm is RCG. see below from the account agreement. https://www.optionshop.com/ib_agreement.htm first, in general a very good tip if you can't find the clearing firm for an ib (or any other broker for that matter) is to click "open account" or whatever (don't enter any info)...

just trade xlf and don't worry about the index.

to the op who said he's "off the intro plan" - have you tried calling them up and asking if you can get back on? you'd be surprised how often it works. i know people who have been on intro plans for years b/c they just keep calling up at the end and say "keep me on this intro plan or i'll...

seriously. norton is the biggest piece of bloatware in the history of the world. well that and adobe pdf. if you're using adobe pdf and you're pretty much only reading things in it (not annotating, editing, etc) i strongly suggest getting rid of adobe (using revo uninstaller to completely get...

ohh...nevermind. disregard my post. i only posted my prior one b/c i remember reading a story in maxim mag once (don't know what it had to do w/ hot girls) and it was about a guy who almost died b/c he sat down on his glass coffee table and it instantly broke and he almost bled out on his...

first off i agree w/ your brand of justice but now that you seem to have solved the prob let me offer a solution or two... immediately install firefox (or chrome) and adblock plus and make this the default "internet" on your comp tell everyone is house "if you download anything w/o my...

+1. seriously, if you're single w/ no kids and rent (not own a house) and don't own any brazilian rainforest or anything crazy and ONLY traded 1256 cars, i bet you could file your taxes while holding your breath.