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    Is this a wash sales

    Normally I allow the one month period to avoid wash sales. But, somehow, I missed this. Can someone confirm that this is wash sales? Date Qty. Price 7/12/2005 +100 $31.75 9/13/2005 +25 $40.50 9/13/2005 +25 $40.28 9/22/2005 -100 $39.90...
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    FX Screener

    Is 'bertex finance' spelled right? I didn't find any hits with Google.
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    Is broker stealing my money?

    I am using. Sorry. All the dates has to be 2006. I am still in the last year.
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    Is broker stealing my money?

    I have just started trading Forex and it is been my second month. So far I did about half-a-dozen round trips transactions. I never really paid much attention to the statements but last night I went through the daily reports and I noticed a very strange thing. My account is not getting enough...
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    Another easy money strategy

    Pardon my ignorence. What is $50. The strike price in the above example is $75. Why would I get more shares of Apple?
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    Another easy money strategy

    Sorry of these basic questions. I am trying to understand various strategies. What is the risk involved in a covered short straddle. Here is the trade. On Friday AAPL closed at $76.30. JAN 07 $75 CALL - $15.10 JAN 07 $75 PUT - $10.80 I will buy the stock and sell the stradlle. I can...
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    Newbie, is this easy money?

    I have just started considering options but haven't traded so far. I found this interesting CALL for Google. Today GOOG closed at $465.66. JAN06 $60 CALL Option $391.35 (as per IB). If I buy the call and excercise, my total cost is 391.35+60=451.60 (ignore commissions). So I can make a...
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    Where can I get historical fundamental data free?

    Where can I get historical fundamental data free? I did find couple of web sites providing intraday/end of the day price/volume information but did not find any information on fundamental data like EPS, ROE etc.
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    What College Degree Is Best For FX?

    In my opinion, no college can teach you on becoming a successful trader. I did MBA with Finance concentration. It helped me to understand financial markets. After that I self studied to improve my knowledge. Hope it helps.
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    I am designing some trade software..

    I do suggest to use VB6/VB.net to paint the screens. If you have Microsft Access software then you can use it as well. You don't need programming experience to paint screens. You can buy a dummies book and follow it. But you need to get the software first. VB is not cheap.
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    I am designing some trade software..

    Do you just want to present your concept to other? Then PowerPoint can serve your purpose. But, if you want to go a step ahead and make a prototype, then you need to develop screens to resemble the actual system. I do programming for living. Please clearlly specify your requirement so that I can...
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    Automated news trading ???

    I know of a web site which provides similar service for stocks. http://www.daytrading.nu/index.asp
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