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So, a couple more questions that have come to mind: a) IB will allow the selling of put options, correct? Isn't it kind of odd that Scottrade doesn't allow you to do that? b) Is there a limit from the SEC concerning intra-day options trades, as with intra-day equity trades? I would guess...

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I agree that AMD has lagged behind Intel, but only because Intel has picked themselves up after realizing that they were being mauled by their smaller competitor. The Core and the Core 2 architectures are simply amazing in terms of performance, power consumption (or lack thereof), and heat...

I'm long on AMD too ... impressive jump today. Probably will hold for several months if not longer

Jeff, Do you work for IB? ;-) I was actually thinking about setting up an account there, but IIRC there are maintenance fees that Scottrade does not have. I'll have to look again later, but yeah ... the Scottrade commissions aren't the best around, but certainly not bad to start with...

None taken. I appreciate your advice. I am thinking about applying for a margin account so I can do short sells, which I have never done before (and quite honestly, scare me). This is probably important for being profitable in a bear market, no?

Also good advice, and something I have considered. I may end up not trading any options contracts, however I wanted to leave the option (no pun intended) open, at least learn a little bit about it and get a bit of experience. Until later though, I may just stick with trading equities and see how...

Thanks. I'll do more research on futures and compare them to equity options before making any rash decisions :) The 20% I've made over 6 months isn't that great, but at least it's a start. All this stock market lingo is new to me, and I'm trying to decide who to listen to ... technical or...

Over the past 6 months, I have profitted about 20% and have not suffered any losses as of yet. I haven't looked into futures (these are AKA commodity options, right?) heavily, but why would that be a better option than equity options?

When did I say that? I only said that you can't sell put options.

Scottrade approved my account for options trading yesterday. Keep in mind that they do not allow selling of put options.

I am only mildly profitable so far, and that's one of the reasons I would like to trade options, because of the power of leverage. How would you suggest that I get into it?

Okay, I've been trading stocks for the past 6 months or so, and have been mildly profitable. I'm looking into options trading now. I've done considerable research on them, however I still fail to see how they work out in the real world. I would like to start out small, by simply purchasing...

I'm 20. I live in the Chicago suburbs, and I've been trading equities for about 6 months. I am just now getting into options trading.

I'm from Mount Prospect :)

Hey there, I have a quick question. I'm still new to investing jargon and so-forth, so bear with me. The question is: Is there a difference between the ECN RT and the NYSE RT quote? Google provides the ECN RT quote for free: (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=amd&btnG=Google+Search) and I'm...