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Why dosent ford do a reverse split ahead of time before the embarrassment of going under 1 dollar. They should do a 10 to 1 reverse split.

Wow the options chain for ford is sad. 5 penny bid for 3 dollar call on ford for march..

When you open a margin account you agree to the re hypothecation clause. Call your broker.

Glad I wrote those covered call options. Will be interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks. Very interesting.

I read that margin account your stock can be loaned out even if you have no margin. So I got scared and told them to make my account cash. What would happen if your stock is loaned out to a short seller and the brokerage fails?

I thought the CDO is like an ETF of a bunch of bonds. and the CDS is an insurance on a CDO against default.

Why not trade CDS in some kind of system similar to the way options are done. That way someone takes an obligation but has to security with cash or something etc.. Like options. And people can buy/sell them on Etrade pro just like options. CDS sounds like insurance just like an option...

What exaclty would happen if ford went under 1 dollar. I heard stocks to be listed had to be over 1 dollar for 30 days?

About this stimulus thing. When I lived in Soviet Union a long time ago they had these kinds of project. Like build more highways but why build empty highways, this was done in soviet union. A lot of people building multiple lane highways to nowhere. How much do those job pay? so...

I cant predict what SPY is going to trade at, just make a best effort guesstimate try to look at everything and make a best effort. But yes I guess the amount could be many times that. I threw in some numbers that says this put could be worth 36 dollars a share thursday afternoon. 1...

because if SPY goes to 75 today you have all that time value left. You can sell the put though and profit. it would go to 5.01 dollars according to my calculation if I keep volatility at 46.95. But do you think SPY is going to be 75 on thursday? Is it worth paying 1.94 today? If its not...

Its 76 the strike price I was looking at. You are correct, S&P at 760 is a possibility within 38 days. Anything can happen in 38 days. But its would be on the outliers on a bellcurve. I like this stuff its interesting. Okay so maybe I am doing this wrong. For the march 76 put it last...

Going through my learning process one of the things I noticed overall is how expensive options seem lately. ie: lets say an call option for stock X, strike price 45 sells for 2.50 a share. stock is trading at 40 today, and the option expires in 30 days. That means the option has only...

Bank asked for it. No one told them to make 800,000 dollar loans on homes that used to cost 150,000 4 years ago to people who were unemployed. What should happen is let all the banks collapse. Too many different bank companies in the US anyhow. Do we need so many?

True I am willing to take a risk but one that I can sleep well at night. that March 11 call option gives me a little extra hedge which is nice. If I get assigned, fine if I do not I am also fine with this. GE is so volatile though, no wonder the premiums are high for GE :) Up like...

Is that where someone tells you when to get into a position and when to get out and profit? I hear stuff about this puretick on occasion.

What happened at 11:23 with geitner. Look at the GE chart 11:23 - (12.26) 11:50 - (11.38) Mega volume spikes. Talk about big drops. Did he say specific things starting at 11:23?

Only 155 dollar profit? That is 19.37 dollars an hour. with money at risk. Does not seem like you are being compensated for the risk.

but if the stock goes up. how does being short a put help? The premium would drop and you still have stock out there that you borrowed.

so its a guy? like a madoff situation?