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umm are you sure? don't premium buyers have until 5:30 pm est on the day of expiry to exercise. i know of one famous case of a company received a buyout bid right after the market closed on expiry day (like at 4:02 pm est). well guess what the buyers of otm calls did? yep they exercised them...

to the op you say "there's no decay" - wrong. there is always decay (by def otherwise arb would immediatley come in) it's just that w/ ditm options the effect is so small you hardly notice it. you say you want higher leverage but as others as said correctly you pay for it one way or the...

http://www.eoption.com/commissions_fees.html e option is another option if you're doing crazy volume b/c it's only $3 per trade ( know i hate per trade fees too) but it's only $0.10 per contracts

you can't just import from ib into turbo tax unless you ONLY traded 1256 cars (like futures). i strongly suggest using tradelog. here is the process export data from ib into tradelog tradelog does everything and gives you a file you can export into turbotox run turbotax do efile and direct...

two ways to get thru the nonsense fast block people that consistenly say something stupid go to the your account part of the site (top right hand corner) and change the posts per page from the default 10 to 40 - this will cut down on the number of clicks in long threads by a factor of 4

+1. re the above poster's question on arb opps, there will be none. re selling mini's to capture perceived high demand, again this will easily be arb'd away (if AAPL mini IV is higher than AAPL reg IV than you sell the former and buy the later). in general, the success rate of new products is...

it just means that there was only 9 contracts on the bid side at that price and if you wanted to get filled on the rest you had to move your price down (prob the smallest tick possible). this is common in low liquidity options that's why i stay away from them. your broker is correct...

here is a six monitor stand that clamps to the desk. i am not recommending this just found it doing a quick GOOG search. http://www.amazon.com/LCD-2000-Hex-monitor-stand-Adjustable/dp/B001HHSTBC here are the ergotron wall mounts from their website...

the quantum fund trade had $10B behind it - it was not a billion. the idea was drunkenmiller's but soros was the one who convinced him to go big or go home.

you aren't missing anything - DDT is another great firm (clears thru crossland). howard is known for great service - answering emails right away just like tom did from TOS before it was bought out.

+1 t0 everything wrbtrader said except for the last part about not trading es b/c the best traders trade it. IMHO that is no bearing on anything and if anything is a positive b/c of the high liquidity. if you have an edge (trend trade, counter trend, whatever) just execute your plan and ignore...

+1 for ergotron stands. i've been using a triple stand for 6 years and the thing's a rock. if a nuclear bomb went off the stand would still be there.

you could have a large position but a tight stop. you could also be hedged - allocate 90% to trade and 10% to hedge.

+1 to advantage. you get much lower rates and better service (if you need it). advantage is one of the best firms for day trading futures for people that are serious about it. no i don't work for them.

to the op, i feel your pain and understand where you're coming from. however there are simple yet effective solutions to prevent this (fighting uptrend) from happening... use a short term (like 10) period MA and don't short unless price is below. this alone would have kept you out of so many...

check out this post from vix and more blog that does a great job explaining the low print monday. i agree that the vix can stay low for low periods of time but at the same time i think it's a great time to buy puts b/c the vix has fallen so far so fast (from 19.5 to under 11.5 in less than a...

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ask yourself what value the indicators add to the original method (break above 20 or 55 day high). at most i would use a MA - def not a MA and MACD since the signals would be almost identical.

two questions (i'm seriously not being critical or trying to start an internet fight i'm curious b/c i employ a similar strategy of shorting broken momentum stocks). 1. how do you "know" a stock will miss earnings? and even if you did the stock can still rally after that? 2. re Z, do you...

to the op - bond funds are way different than owning individual bonds b/c by definition they never mature. you can't just say "it's down 30% but i'll wait for it to rebound" b/c there is no maturity. it may rebound years later but you don't know for sure. i've seen financial advisors put...