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stoic, thanks. Very helpful. What is the name of the software you use for the calculations? thanks J

Help! I need to calculate for testing purposes the margin requirement for a potential complex portfolio made up of naked options selling. First question is there a software or webpage that you can upload a series of positions and it can do this calculation for you? I am trying to...

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Hi Does anyone know of an easy to use software to use for an options based trading strategy that can allow you to calculate the impact on the portfolio of a general or individual move in an underlying of X%? thanks J

I was more interested in seeing how over the years money has been flowing to and from stocks.

Hi Does anyone know of a good source that can tell you how much money is invested in stocks, how much in bonds, real estate, etc>? And how this has changed over the years thanks J

Can you or someone else explain to me why the Jan' 2011 Calls of NWL lost 57% of their value today? 20$ Strike Price. thanks J

pure speculation, buyout rumors

Hi I have an ITT Corp. October 2010 Call SP 60 which I bought in April at 2.3$, and it it currently worth 0. Stock was 57$ when I bought the call and is currently at 47$. Can this option gain value if the stock appreciates significantly? i.e moves close to 60$? Or is it dead forever J

Hi, I thought buying calls of stocks I am bullish on was a good way of leveraging a long only strategy However, I have noted that 1. the spreads on the calls are so large that as soon as you have entered you are already losing money and 2. the calls loose value extremely fast...

How do you find out the margin requirements of a put?

Let me use an example to see if I can illustrate better my question Lets say I think APPL is a strong stock and I dont think it can go below 220$ by next Friday. The bid on the 200$ AAPL puts may exp is 0.32$ So I have a 10,000$ account and tomorrow I will sell 300 of these puts for...

If 80% of options expire worthless, as I read somewhere recently, why doesn't everybody sells calls and puts every month and duplicate?

Hi If supposedly the markets are "closed" how come there is so much trading that influences prices during these periods? Or are prices reflecting the impact of the backlog or orders placed outside of market hours? I have a friend who tells me he used to trade only in these times, but I...

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Do you? Sometimes the price increase from rumors retraces completely giving it all away... what Im trying to find out is when or when not. So far it seems very random J

I know! And this is precisely what I want to get a handle on... how to tell when the retracement will indeed take place and short it, or if the rumor will lead to more buying. None of these are news by the way, only rumors (no solid source like WSJ, etc) J

What does this mean?

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