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I wonder what Al-Qaida did with the associate? $20 million in one year is a lot of money to lose.

If you are using Yahoo Finance for quotes and Interactive Brokers for trading just add $0.01 when buying options and subtract $0.01 when selling options from the quoted prices. Yahoo Finance portfolios allow you to enter the price for long and short positions and you will be within pennies...

But at the end of the day it's all in USD. The account is funded in USD. Account value is in USD. Withdraws are in USD.

OK ..... I see now.

EWZ - 1 day chart - 9:30am to 1:00pm EST You call that a gap down? Perhaps you are looking at the wrong chart.

A QQQ straddle should be less than $100.00, and you would have a two day trade. QQQ would not have to move much for a profit. PS - I prefer a strangle over a straddle. Strangles are cheaper.

Since QQQ is 12% AAPL I would enter a QQQ straddle. Risk is only $125.00, and will be lower tomorrow, this would be a good live trade for a beginner. Paper trade the AAPL straddle. Options expire on June 24 AAPL straddle = $6.50 (paper trade) QQQ straddle = $1.25 (live trade)

I still believe the above is the simplest way to achieve a SPY/GLD position using gold as the primary currency. :)

One ounce of gold = $1540.00 Buy $1540.00 SPY Sell $1540.00 GLD

$1540.00 = 1 ounce of gold. Buy $1540.00 worth of calls?

Thanks ...... I stand corrected. Doesn't seem right though, I think they have it backwards. Straddle definition is "To stand or sit with a leg on each side" Strangle definition is "Squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate" "Sqeezing" sounds tighter than to "sit with a leg on each...

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Thread title: July 2nd, 2012 Post content: July 2nd, 2011 and July 2nd, 2012 Which is it, 2012 or 2011?

falconview ...... You are over analyzing what is a very simple option position - Long Straddle. A Long Straddle is nothing more than buying a call with a strike greater than the underlining, and buying a put with a strike less than the underlining. Make a small list of stocks to watch, 5...

Below is a screen shot of the live QQQ 55C/54P straddle trade as it progressed. QQQ 5 day chart Red dot: Enter trade for $32.00. Blue dot: Position hits $65.00 later on in the day. Green dot: Closed at $25.00, loss about $8.00.

The GOOG straddle could have been closed at $660.00 if held to end of trading. Buy at $55.00, sell at $660.00.

You would only get a +400% return, todays range is $4.50 to $5.10 http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SHLD110618C00070000 Some sucker actually paid $0.90 yesterday, what a fool.

Good point ....... You have me convinced now that a 10 year chart is very useful, especially for a tech stock such as RIMM. After all technology has been at a stand still during the last 10 years, not much happening with tech these days.

UPDATE: Sold the QQQ Jun 2011 54.00 puts @ $0.25. Will let the calls expire worthless. Loss about $8.00. Looks like the QQQ will continue down but I have to head out and can't watch the market.

10 year chart is no good. Lots of stocks trade like that over 10 years.